I think it had a great learning curve. I beat the game on my 5th or 6th playthrough I believe and made it a little further each time. There were some uncertainees while playing, but I felt like the consequences each play wasn't so high that I couldn't just test things out to better understand the systems. I loved the game, particularly the aesthetics and cutscenes, This is one of the first rogue-likes I've played since I was a kid.