Oh, Hades is great, one of the best so I'm not sure what could be your cup of tea, I like Vampire Survivors a lot, it's a LOT more simple, a game you can play with one hand and may not be your thing, but I love it.
And if you like Hades, well, Hades 2 is there haha, Returnal (PS5 and PC) is another good option imo, also, everyone does love The Binding of Isaac but I don't like that one, I like Dead Cells tho, and both that one and Vampire Survivors have collabs with Castlevania, in case that may interest you.
thanks for the suggestions. Dead Cells was actually the first rogue I ever played, it was ok in my book but i wasn't prepared for the whole "starting over" every time. I still enjoyed it to some degree though.
Returnal: I actually already tried that one and it is actually a really good example of a game designed for the "new era" of gamers. One run can take an hour or something like that and while I do realize that some of your abilities do in fact carry over after death, it was just a bit long and therefore frustrating to encounter an area and just get worked. Beautiful game though, it is extremely well made, that is for sure. I would have loved to have played it as a metroidvania instead of a rogue-like.
Oh and yes, Hades 2 would obviously be a good choice.. haha
I do like Metroidvanias more than roguelikes, but I like when they mix both genres into one stuff, I have to keep playing Returnal because I really liked it but as you say, runs can be really long.
Don't blame yourself too much if you can't get into roguelikes, it's a good genre but there is a lot of stuff out there waiting for you to play them and that maybe you'll like more!