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Single-player games like Sword of the Stars: The Pit

Below are 17 single-player Steam games similar to Sword of the Stars: The Pit, 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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    Dungeons of Dredmor — Steam game cover

    Dungeons of Dredmor

    Single-player alternative to Sword of the Stars: The Pit — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Sword of the Stars: The Pit.

    Test your luck and cunning in this exciting RPG as you craft, cast, and pillage your way through Lord Dredmor's Dungeons.

    2011IndieRPGCasual7.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Hack, Slash, Loot — Steam game cover

    Hack, Slash, Loot

    Single-player alternative to Sword of the Stars: The Pit — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Sword of the Stars: The Pit.

    A single-player turn-based dungeon crawler. Take control of a lone hero and explore sprawling dungeons, fight dangerous monsters.

    2012IndieRPGCasual5.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Tales of Maj'Eyal — Steam game cover

    Tales of Maj'Eyal

    Single-player alternative to Sword of the Stars: The Pit — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Sword of the Stars: The Pit.

    Tales of Maj’Eyal is a roguelike RPG, featuring tactical turn-based combat and advanced character building. Play as one of many unique races and classes in the lore-filled world of Eyal, exploring random dungeons, facing challenging battles, and developing characters with your own tailored mix of abilities and powers.

    2013IndieAdventureRPG6.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Cogmind — Steam game cover

    Cogmind

    Single-player alternative to Sword of the Stars: The Pit — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Sword of the Stars: The Pit.

    Cogmind is a sci-fi roguelike epic in which you play a robot building yourself from components found or salvaged from other robots. Explore a living, breathing world through turn-based tactical combat, or sneak, hack, and fly your way to victory.

    2017StrategyIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Curse Of Yendor — Steam game cover

    The Curse Of Yendor

    Single-player alternative to Sword of the Stars: The Pit — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Sword of the Stars: The Pit.

    Kill monsters, get loot, solve puzzles, complete quests! A sword and sorcery adventure where your magic shapes the world. A classical rogue-like with a modern feel. "Your nemesis has found the Amulet of Yendor... Defeat him before he ascends to godhood!"

    2017ActionStrategyIndie9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    ADOM (Ancient Domains Of Mystery) — Steam game cover

    ADOM (Ancient Domains Of Mystery)

    Single-player alternative to Sword of the Stars: The Pit — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Sword of the Stars: The Pit.

    ADOM (Ancient Domains Of Mystery) is one of the most successful roguelike games ever created, boasting a brilliant mix of story, RPG, exploration, and intensely strategic & flexible combat. The Steam version adds various features like achievements, difficulty level customization & play modes.

    2015StrategyIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Golden Krone Hotel — Steam game cover

    Golden Krone Hotel

    Single-player alternative to Sword of the Stars: The Pit — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Sword of the Stars: The Pit.

    Golden Krone Hotel is a gothic horror roguelike. Fight vampires with sunlight or become a vampire yourself and sneak in the shadows. Combines classic turn-based combat with dynamic lighting, an innovative potion system, and fast paced gameplay.

    2017StrategyIndieAdventure9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Terra Randoma — Steam game cover

    Terra Randoma

    Single-player alternative to Sword of the Stars: The Pit — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Sword of the Stars: The Pit.

    Terra Randoma is a turn-based roguelike RPG in a procedurally generated open world. Travel a world full of curiousity and perilous dungeons. Develop your character however you want with skills, talent stones and randomized items while you discover an ancient secret.

    2024IndieRPG9.74 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Risk of Rain 2 — Steam game cover

    Risk of Rain 2

    Single-player alternative to Sword of the Stars: The Pit — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Sword of the Stars: The Pit.

    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.

    2020ActionIndie24.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Rogue Legacy — Steam game cover

    Rogue Legacy

    Single-player alternative to Sword of the Stars: The Pit — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Sword of the Stars: The Pit.

    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.

    2013ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Enter the Gungeon — Steam game cover

    Enter the Gungeon

    Single-player alternative to Sword of the Stars: The Pit — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Sword of the Stars: The Pit.

    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.

    2016ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Jupiter Hell — Steam game cover

    Jupiter Hell

    Single-player alternative to Sword of the Stars: The Pit — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Sword of the Stars: The Pit.

    True Roguelike. Turn-based shooter. Permadeath. Tribute to the sci-fi classics of the Golden VHS era. Successor to DRL. Just you and your gun against hordes of horrors and monstrosities. Give them hell to the rhythm of heavy metal.

    2021StrategyIndieRPG24.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Rogue Legacy 2 — Steam game cover

    Rogue Legacy 2

    Single-player alternative to Sword of the Stars: The Pit — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Sword of the Stars: The Pit.

    Rogue Legacy 2 is what you'd get if you mashed Rogue Legacy and a sequel together. Every time you die, your children will succeed you, and each child is unique. Your daughter might be a Colourblind Archer, and your son could be a Pacifistic Chef. Either way, one of them is getting conscripted.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Pit: Infinity — Steam game cover

    The Pit: Infinity

    Single-player alternative to Sword of the Stars: The Pit — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Sword of the Stars: The Pit.

    Enter a legendary alien facility dug deep into the Feldspar Mountains... a massive Pit, built by the ancient Suul'ka. Enter The Pit again for the first time, in this unique Roguelike / FPS hybrid!

    2019ActionIndie9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Hoards of Glory — Steam game cover

    Hoards of Glory

    Single-player alternative to Sword of the Stars: The Pit — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Casual with Sword of the Stars: The Pit.

    Hoards of Glory is a dice placement game for 1-4 players. Players take on the role of a Viking captain forced to follow through on his grand boasts! Developed as an answer for how to playtest a tabletop during a pandemic, Hoards of Glory grew into a video game in its own right!

    2020StrategyCasual4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Planetary Control! — Steam game cover

    Planetary Control!

    Single-player alternative to Sword of the Stars: The Pit — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Sword of the Stars: The Pit.

    Invade strange worlds with alien armies! populate and shield your planets! Assassinate, Sabotage and Nuke your opponents! Collect victory points and achieve... PLANETARY CONTROL!

    2021StrategyIndieCasual4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Sword of the Stars: The Pit 2 — Steam game cover

    Sword of the Stars: The Pit 2

    Single-player alternative to Sword of the Stars: The Pit — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Sword of the Stars: The Pit.

    The Pit2 returns to the turn-based Roguelike roots of the indie classic and takes you to another alien facility filled with broken machines, warped creatures, and new surprises!

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure14.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →