May I suggest Brotato when you eventually go looking for another Vampire survivors like game. What system are you playing Vampire survivors on? The trophies on PSN make the game even better, well worth another 5 euro if you're into that sort of thing. 

Played it on PC back then, got it for the PS5 recently when it finally released there, but played just a few hours since.

There are quite a bunch of games that took the Vampire Survivors style since it released, I believe it's called Bullet Heaven genre as it works like Bullet Hell games but in the opposite way.

Halls of Torment is probably the best of them after Vampire Survivors. It's Vampire Survivors but in old school Diablo style. It gets old faster than Vampire Survivors, but it has more to it than VS, and it's really damn good, if you like Diablo 1 or 2 (Diablo 1 is one of my all time favorite games) than you'll probably be all over it, lol.

It's also probably $5 or so too on Steam, if you wanna check it for the thread.

Okay. So far I've bought a few so far I'ma rate them as I go along and see if the value exceeds the cost. 

• Vampire survivors - Unbelievably addictive reverse bullet hell/horde Survivor and so much value for money. You could spend hundreds of hours in this unlocking trophies and still have fun. Insnae amounts of dopamine and great rouguelite progression make this a fantastic experience 10/10
• Brotato - Another horde survivors but more so a rouguelite. Really hard to get your first clear and difficult to get higher level clears and very RNG based. I was gonna rate this 8/10 early on but I'm upping the score to 9/10 the more time I spend with it the more it clicks and the more addictive it gets. Plenty of diverse builds and characters and insane depth. Delightful experience and another where the fun to cost ratio is well in excess of the asking price. 
• Army of Ruin - I'm about 8 hours in now. The game is a basic horde survivors, very much a copy paste of Vampire survivors and has enough unlocks to keep it interesting yet it's very mobile like but seems more "polished" the VS or Brotato. I've already got my value for the money back some times over and I expect it to continue to pay for it's self in fun and time spent as there is a star unlock system that is quite addicting. Not nearly as addictive or good as the above two but it has the same hooks in me. Quite a lot of fun at it's core in short ten minute rounds to start with then increasing to 15 minute and finally 30 minute rounds as you progress. Solid permanent rouguelite progression as well as much to unlock even after hours. It's a bit more than a solid seven. 7.5/10.
• Table Top racing: World tour - Got this free on PSN years back and was incredibly addicted to it so much so that I hot the platinum. It's not only a great little racer but a fairly tough one too with a great setting and a fantastic range of powerups making it feel like a kart racer at heart. 9/10. 
• Untitled Goose game - Really cool little emergent puzzle game with a solid checklist of tasks to complete, kinda comical and whimsical and enough to keep interest in it's short game time. Solid 7/10 as someone who doesn't really like these types of games. Probably would be higher rated by someone who does enjoy them. 
• Rush Rover - Sadly, turns out to be a trophy whore game in the vain of I am Mayo. Under that there is very little to the game, doesn't really feel good to play and very basic. I would not recommend but there is some fun to be had. You can easily avoid one of three of the trophies which actually are a challenges so you don't achieve a shitty ceap Platinum. I'd say it just scrapes by and returns it's value for 4.99. 5/10. 
• Down well - 
• Refunct - A really short puzzle platformer that give vibes of flower. Game lasts 45 minutes and could be seen as rated highly because of trophies/achievements again but they seem a bit of a challenge in this one. I can see some fun in speedrunning it for the trophy that has you beat the game in 4 minutes. I enjoyed my time with it at about an hour and a bit and I'd say I got my value for money was gonna try and speed run it but I couldn't be arsed. 6/10. Value for money... just about.
  
• The binding of issac - Yet to play

It doesnt match the price range but it does go on sale and I highly recommend. My most favorite indie game

Freedom Planet

It was around $4 or $5 back in September 2024

https://isthereanydeal.com/game/freedom-planet/history/

It'll likely go on sale again during the Autumn and Winter sales on Steam.

If you want ,you can get it on GOG as well.

The game is also on Playstation and Switch

The Playstation version sells for around $10 but the Switch version goes on sale for around $4.50

https://www.dekudeals.com/items/freedom-planet

How much is this going for these days? Think it was about £13 when I bought it at release (for the Switch)

7.99. Ah well, it'd be a bitch to have to verify every release price. I'll let it slide. 

Just done an hour of Rush Rover and the realisation has hit that some of the titles could be rated highly cause of trophy whores. I may be a little too harsh on it cause I can't play past an hour or I'll unlock a trophy whore Platinum. Hard to rate but of what I played, 4/10. 

Edit: On second thought I'll give it a 5/10. There is fun and you can easily avoid three of the last of the trophies so you can keep playing, had another two rounds on it and I'd say it reached it's value for money.

Yes, best let it slide, lest a horrible goose come and ruin your lovely day.

A swift kick would sort that. 

Refunct at 2.99. Hmm. A really short puzzle platformer that give vibes of flower. Game lasts 45 minutes and could be seen as rated highly because of trophies/achievements again but they seem a bit of a challenge in this one. I can see some fun in speedrunning it for the trophy that has you beat the game in 4 minutes. I enjoyed my time with it at about an hour and a bit and I'd say I got my value for money was gonna try and speed run it but I couldn't be arsed. 6/10. Value for money... just about.