POWDER VS Pixel Dungeon

Powder is a fun roguelike for the gba (and other systems). Source: about 1 year ago

Going into slightly more obscure stuff, POWDER fits your criteria - original game, 16x16 default tile set with other tile sets available, Linux port available since the mid-aughts, etc. No idea if any distros had it in their repositories at the time, I only really played it on the DS. Source: almost 2 years ago

I had nothing to do with roguelikes for many years, but one day I discovered POWDER, and it all suddenly clicked! Now roguelikes are muy favorite video game genre. No thanks to NetHack :). Source: almost 3 years ago

Shattered Pixel Dungeon - This is a variant of the original Pixel Dungeon. This version is better balanced and has more content. Available for PC, tablets and phones. Source: over 2 years ago

Pixel Dungeon and it's many of it's modded versions are free of grinding and financial transactions. Some modded versions have grindy typical RPG aspects added to them, but most don't. Most if not all mods should be available if you are open to using an android emulator. Pixel Dungeon classic is unforgiving and will do it's best to kill you. Shattered Pixel Dungeon is a much more expansive mod of the original that... Source: almost 3 years ago