Eldritch vs Delver

Eldritch looks like it has more action than Delver has.

Eldritch is cool if you like HP Lovecraft's book/universe.

Read this: http://www.polygon.com/2013/10/14/4835136/eldritch-review

I haven't played either but I can tell you that Paranautical Activity is bad. If you want something like it just play BoI.

Lemme just say that I played delver and while it was really really really good it's extremely short. I beat it with my second run and it took me less than three hours. The atmosphere in Delver is very soothing and you will really have fun and even an experience. I'd say. I got Eldritch, yet to play it but the atmosphere is apparently very creepy and much more difficult according to my friends.

Both aren't complete so it can go either way right now. Delver is getting a better modding toolset soon and hopefully workshop support to allow infinite dungeons and loot- hoping we get that soon cause I loved Delver.

I didn't play Delver, but can say few words about Eldritch; It's a game based on HP Lovecraft novels, so if you're fan of those (as I am) it is a big plus! Graphics are nice, minecrafty, I'm also fan of that... As for gameplay, original game levels are pretty easy (for a roguelike) and can be finished in about an hour... It's still interesting, though, but replay is limited because game lacks achievements and leaderboards... But, they added Mountains of Madness free DLC (update), it is much longer and harder, and it added some new interesting equipment and monsters...

Either way, it's a nice game, I would recommend it, but cannot compare it to Delver, which also looks really nice...

I haven't played Eldritch but I did play an alpha build of Delver about 6 months ago. This was my impression at the time:

The game is fun at first but as it currently stands it gets fairly repetitive, even with a certain amount of level randomization. I also found it to be much too easy and my backpack was almost always full with wands, potions, and food by the end of level 2. Even the tougher enemies in the 2nd half of the journey were not too difficult to deal with once you know what to expect. On multiple occasions I also managed to kill the boss with a single shot from a Storm Wand. Another criticism I have is that too many of the potions do similar things and it is too easy to heal up in the game. Perhaps put in some sort of hunger system where you eat food to keep from starving and not to heal. I would say Delver has potential but basically the game just needs to be fleshed out a whole lot more.

That said, it's had 6 months to mature a bit and maybe it's a more compelling experience now? Can't really say though...