Thanks for NOT helping at all guys. Cheap game?One doesn't remember. One recommends and expensive game... then GRAPE has the GAAAALLLLL to say save my money. I will do no such thing!*Holds out money and burns it over an open flame.*
How about free?http://www.nethack.org/Not even being sarcastic. First ran across it back in the '80s and it's one I still keep coming back to. It's also probably the game with the longest ongoing development, seeing as how it's still maintained to this day. You can even get graphical interfaces for it, though I've always preferred the traditional ASCII interface...something about the monsters being cryptic characters makes them more ominous for me.
Mine you could prob find at the beginning. But for simplicity's sake, it's Leapingriver.