yeah i think it’s a bit simple. if you want a literal slot machine + make interesting choices for builds game i think Luck be a Landlord is a much better game, but it also costs $10 so more than 3x as much.
LbaL also features a lot less down time between choices which is nice because i don’t find the act of playing Vampire Survivors very engaging (the most skill-intensive thing i noticed in VS is that that the whip always attacks forwards and then backwards, so if you turn around between whip attacks, you can hit the same side multiple times and thus has 2x DPS on that side).
also in the “make a choice every turn” genre is Super Auto Pets which i was addicted to for weeks and heartily recommend. it’s probably the most accessible auto chess there is (it has no time limit because it’s asynchronous, and you can save in the middle of run). it’s also free until you want to play with the expanded animal set (makes it more complicated but not necessary more fun / better). you’re only ever matched with people using the same sets as you, so it’s always “fair” in that regard.
it is pretty tough at the beginning while you learn the ropes and figure out how to optimize & spend your money but it has a pretty wide variety of viable builds too.
think it’s even better than SNKRX, which was the previous king of accessible auto chess