Single-player games like Hades
Below are 17 single-player Steam games similar to Hades, ranked by player overlap. Every pick carries Steam's Single-player category, so multiplayer-only titles or always-online games don't sneak in. imho.run pulls the category data from Steam directly — Single-player here matches what the store labels.
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Ranked picks
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Hades II
Single-player alternative to Hades — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Hades.
Battle beyond the Underworld using dark sorcery to take on the Titan of Time in this bewitching sequel to the award-winning rogue-like dungeon crawler.
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Dead Cells
Single-player alternative to Hades — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Hades.
Dead Cells is a roguelite, metroidvania inspired, action-platformer. You'll explore a sprawling, ever-changing castle... assuming you’re able to fight your way past its keepers in 2D souls-lite combat. No checkpoints. Kill, die, learn, repeat.
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Enter the Gungeon
Single-player alternative to Hades — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Hades.
Enter the Gungeon is a bullet hell dungeon crawler following a band of misfits seeking to shoot, loot, dodge roll and table-flip their way to personal absolution by reaching the legendary Gungeon’s ultimate treasure: the gun that can kill the past.
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The Binding of Isaac
Single-player alternative to Hades — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Hades.
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Risk of Rain 2
Single-player alternative to Hades — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Hades.
Escape a chaotic alien planet by fighting through hordes of frenzied monsters – with your friends, or on your own. Combine loot in surprising ways and master each character until you become the havoc you feared upon your first crash landing.
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Slay the Spire
Single-player alternative to Hades — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Hades.
We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!
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Crypt of the NecroDancer
Single-player alternative to Hades — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Hades.
Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!
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Skul: The Hero Slayer
Single-player alternative to Hades — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Hades.
Guide 'Skul' on his quest to single-handedly take on the Imperial Army and rescue his King from captivity, in an action-packed rogue-lite 2D platformer for the ages.
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Bastion
Single-player alternative to Hades — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Hades.
Discover the secrets of the Calamity, a surreal catastrophe that shattered the world to pieces.
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Cult of the Lamb
Single-player alternative to Hades — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Hades.
Start your own cult in a land of false prophets, venturing out into diverse and mysterious regions to build a loyal community of woodland Followers and spread your Word to become the one true cult.
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Transistor
Single-player alternative to Hades — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Hades.
Discover the world of Transistor, a sci-fi-themed action RPG from the creators of Bastion.
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Rogue Legacy
Single-player alternative to Hades — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Hades.
Rogue Legacy is a genealogical rogue-"LITE" where anyone can be a hero. Each time you die, your child will succeed you. Every child is unique. One child might be colorblind, another might be a dwarf with vertigo. But that's OK, because no one is perfect, and you don't have to be to succeed.
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Absolum
Single-player alternative to Hades — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Hades.
Fight as the outcast heroes of Talamh in a fierce battle to retake magic from Sun King Azra’s grasp in Absolum, an original roguelite beat ‘em up by Dotemu.
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SWORN
Single-player alternative to Hades — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Hades.
SWORN is a 1-4 player co-op action rogue-like. Explore and reclaim a fallen Camelot from the reign of a corrupted Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table.
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Wizard of Legend
Single-player alternative to Hades — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Hades.
Wizard of Legend is a no-nonsense, action-packed take on wizardry that emphasizes precise movements and smart comboing of spells in a rogue-like dungeon crawler that features over a hundred unique spells and relics!
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Ravenswatch
Single-player alternative to Hades — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Hades.
Fallen heroes of old folk tales and legends: you are on the verge of a crucial battle against the Nightmare invading and corrupting your world. A roguelike action game from the creators of Curse of the Dead Gods©, playable solo or in online co-op.
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Pyre
Single-player alternative to Hades — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Hades.
Pyre is a party-based RPG from the creators of Bastion and Transistor. Lead your band of exiles to freedom through a series of mystical competitions in the Campaign, or challenge a friend to a fast-paced ritual showdown in the head-to-head Versus Mode.