Single-player games like Rogue Legacy 2
Below are 17 single-player Steam games similar to Rogue Legacy 2, 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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Rogue Legacy
Single-player alternative to Rogue Legacy 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Rogue Legacy 2.
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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Dead Cells
Single-player alternative to Rogue Legacy 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Rogue Legacy 2.
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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Skul: The Hero Slayer
Single-player alternative to Rogue Legacy 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Rogue Legacy 2.
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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Risk of Rain (2013)
Single-player alternative to Rogue Legacy 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Rogue Legacy 2.
Risk of Rain is an action platformer with roguelike elements. With permanent death as a primary feature, players will have to play their best to get as far as possible. Fight on a mysterious planet with randomly spawning enemies and bosses, either alone or with 3 friends in online co-op.
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Spelunky
Single-player alternative to Rogue Legacy 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Rogue Legacy 2.
Spelunky is a unique platformer with randomized levels that offer a challenging new experience each time you play. Journey deep underground and explore fantastic places filled with all manner of monsters, traps, and treasure.
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The Binding of Isaac
Single-player alternative to Rogue Legacy 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Rogue Legacy 2.
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Astral Ascent
Single-player alternative to Rogue Legacy 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Rogue Legacy 2.
Choose one of four heroes and explore the Garden, an astral prison guarded by 12 powerful mystical bosses: the Zodiacs. Challenge them with dozens of unique spells and faithful friends by your side to unfold the story of this platform roguelite with lightning fast combat.
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Hades II
Single-player alternative to Rogue Legacy 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Rogue Legacy 2.
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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Heroes of Hammerwatch
Single-player alternative to Rogue Legacy 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Rogue Legacy 2.
Heroes of Hammerwatch is a rogue-lite action-adventure. Explore and battle your way through procedurally generated levels on your own or with up to 3 friends.
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Children of Morta
Single-player alternative to Rogue Legacy 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Rogue Legacy 2.
Children of Morta is a story-driven action RPG game about an extraordinary family of heroes. Lead the Bergsons, with all their flaws and virtues, against the forthcoming Corruption. Will you be able to sacrifice everything to save the ones you care for?
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Hollow Knight: Silksong
Single-player alternative to Rogue Legacy 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Rogue Legacy 2.
Discover a vast, haunted kingdom in Hollow Knight: Silksong! Explore, fight and survive as you ascend to the peak of a land ruled by silk and song.
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Enter the Gungeon
Single-player alternative to Rogue Legacy 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Rogue Legacy 2.
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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Lost Castle / 失落城堡
Single-player alternative to Rogue Legacy 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Rogue Legacy 2.
Lost Castle is an action RPG beat'em up with roguelike elements and randomized dungeons for up to four players online and local!
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Immortal Redneck
Single-player alternative to Rogue Legacy 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Rogue Legacy 2.
Immortal Redneck is a FPS set in Egypt with rogue-lite elements. Frantic gameplay, twitch controls and an arcade-style feel meet randomly generated dungeons, a complete skill tree, permanent death and 9 classes with different traits.
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Moonlighter
Single-player alternative to Rogue Legacy 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Rogue Legacy 2.
Moonlighter is an Action RPG with rogue-lite elements that demonstrates two sides of the coin – revealing everyday routines of Will, an adventurous shopkeeper that secretly dreams of becoming a hero.
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Void Bastards
Single-player alternative to Rogue Legacy 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Rogue Legacy 2.
Inspired by BioShock and System Shock 2, Void Bastards is a revolutionary new strategy-shooter that will test your wits as well as exercise your aim. Can you lead the misfit prisoners of the Void Ark through the derelict spaceships and myriad dangers of the Sargasso Nebula?
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Full Metal Furies
Single-player alternative to Rogue Legacy 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Rogue Legacy 2.
From the creators of Rogue Legacy comes a "true-cooperative" action RPG. FULL METAL FURIES puts an emphasis on team play with a unique combat system where everyone is important. Play on the couch, alone or with friends, or make it an online party for up to four players!