Cult of the Lamb

I never felt what Spiritfarer wanted me to feel, but Cult of the Lamb solves a problem that game never had: a real reason to bring someone else along. The local co-op update lets a second player join the combat and base management, running the cult's day-to-day while you handle the roguelite dungeon runs, or splitting duties however you like. It's easily the most visually distinct game on this list, unsettling and cute in a way that shouldn't work and does. Co-op here is optional, added after launch rather than designed in from day one, and the systems still assume a single player is in charge. Still worth having around.

Cult of the Lamb runs well, plays naturally on a controller, and switches between its combat runs and base-building loop in a way that keeps sessions interesting across different moods. It missed the main ten because the list already has strong roguelite representation, not because anything is wrong with the Deck experience. If you have already played Hades and Dead Cells and want something that adds a management layer to the action, this is the obvious next install.