roguelite, why roguelite of all things, I'm tired of roguelike games

That... would actually explain a lot.

Holy shit, that's the first time GOG fixed a game's nonsensical tags. Now they just need to do that with... probably the majority of their catalogue, and tags may actually become usable for browsing the store.

I'm genuinely surprised no one tried to use "pixelpunk" as a genre name yet.

Don't worry, the roguelite part isn't true, and the tag has been since removed (we were discussing the likely reason for the mistake a few posts above). I haven't played a lot of it yet, but the game seems to have a fun, if slightly unconventional movement system, which extends to the way the combat feels. I think they nailed the feeling of the movement itself, however, which is important in platformers.

I'd still recommend checking a video, to see if you like the aestethic and how committal the starting shotgun is (since there is a long break between shots, you are forced to be in "dodge mode" whenever you don't one shot enemies).

thanks for the clarification

Happy to help. You might still not like the game, but at least you won't be lead astray by the wrong tags. I have a huge amount of "rogue-like-lite" fatigue, so I'd understand turning down a game simply because of it. I play almost any genre, but in the indie space everything seems to be rogue-something in recent years, and it's gotten tiresome for me.