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Single-player games like Pixel Heroes: Byte & Magic

Below are 13 single-player Steam games similar to Pixel Heroes: Byte & Magic, 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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    Dream Warrior — Steam game cover

    Dream Warrior

    Single-player alternative to Pixel Heroes: Byte & Magic — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Pixel Heroes: Byte & Magic.

    Can you, Dream Warrior, defeat the Demon Lord? Enter the Dream World in this streamlined, retro RPG and find out! It's harder than you might think, because you're no great hero. No, you are the town drunk.

    2024IndieRPG4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Knights of Pen and Paper 2 — Steam game cover

    Knights of Pen and Paper 2

    Single-player alternative to Pixel Heroes: Byte & Magic — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Pixel Heroes: Byte & Magic.

    Prepare to inhabit a world of chivalry, class warfare and off-beat pop references. Knights of Pen & Paper 2 is a turn-based, retro style, pixel-art adventure full of danger, intrigue, death, and saving throws!

    2015StrategyIndieAdventure1.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Union of Gnomes — Steam game cover

    Union of Gnomes

    Single-player alternative to Pixel Heroes: Byte & Magic — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Pixel Heroes: Byte & Magic.

    Onwards to revolution in this challenging deck-building roguelite. Free your gnome comrades, assemble your squad, mind wieners (supplies), slay the slavers, and take down the fiercest of them all – Snow White! FREEDOM TO GNOMES!

    2025StrategyIndieAdventure11.24 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Vambrace: Cold Soul — Steam game cover

    Vambrace: Cold Soul

    Single-player alternative to Pixel Heroes: Byte & Magic — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Pixel Heroes: Byte & Magic.

    Vambrace: Cold Soul is a story-driven roguelite set amidst a frozen landscape. Plan expeditions, then journey to the cursed city surface with your party. Wield unique powers, avoid traps, brave strange encounters, and survive deadly combat in this gothic fantasy adventure!

    2019IndieAdventureRPG2.49 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    FAIRY TAIL: DUNGEONS — Steam game cover

    FAIRY TAIL: DUNGEONS

    Single-player alternative to Pixel Heroes: Byte & Magic — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Pixel Heroes: Byte & Magic.

    Fairy Tail: Dungeons is a deck-building rogue-lite featuring characters from the Fairy Tail series. Collect Magic Cards based on moves from the series to build your own unique deck and take down powerful monsters as you head for the dungeon depths!

    2024IndieAdventureRPG8.39 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Iratus: Lord of the Dead — Steam game cover

    Iratus: Lord of the Dead

    Single-player alternative to Pixel Heroes: Byte & Magic — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Pixel Heroes: Byte & Magic.

    Iratus: Lord of the Dead is a turn-based tactical roguelike RPG set in a dark fantasy universe. Lead an army of undead to help an angry necromancer in his quest to reach the surface world and bring death to the mortal realms!

    2020StrategyIndieRPG29.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Guild of Dungeoneering Ultimate Edition — Steam game cover

    Guild of Dungeoneering Ultimate Edition

    Single-player alternative to Pixel Heroes: Byte & Magic — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Pixel Heroes: Byte & Magic.

    Now fully rebuilt and remastered, Guild of Dungeoneering Ultimate Edition is a turn-based dungeon crawler with a twist: instead of controlling the hero you build the dungeon around them.

    2015IndieRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Pathway — Steam game cover

    Pathway

    Single-player alternative to Pixel Heroes: Byte & Magic — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Pixel Heroes: Byte & Magic.

    Explore the strange unknown with Pathway, a strategy adventure set in the 1930s great wilderness. Unravel long-forgotten mysteries of the occult, raid ancient tombs and outwit your foes in turn-based squad combat!

    2019StrategyIndieAdventure15.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Pillars of Eternity — Steam game cover

    Pillars of Eternity

    Single-player alternative to Pixel Heroes: Byte & Magic — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Pixel Heroes: Byte & Magic.

    Prepare to be enchanted by a world where the choices you make and the paths you choose shape your destiny. Obsidian Entertainment, the developer of Fallout: New Vegas™ and South Park: The Stick of Truth™, together with Paradox Interactive is proud to present Pillars of Eternity.

    2015RPG39.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Darkest Dungeon® — Steam game cover

    Darkest Dungeon®

    Single-player alternative to Pixel Heroes: Byte & Magic — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Pixel Heroes: Byte & Magic.

    Darkest Dungeon is a challenging gothic roguelike turn-based RPG about the psychological stresses of adventuring. Recruit, train, and lead a team of flawed heroes against unimaginable horrors, stress, disease, and the ever-encroaching dark. Can you keep your heroes together when all hope is lost?

    2016StrategyIndieRPG24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Heroes of Hammerwatch — Steam game cover

    Heroes of Hammerwatch

    Single-player alternative to Pixel Heroes: Byte & Magic — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Pixel Heroes: Byte & Magic.

    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.

    2018ActionIndieRPG14.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Oregon Trail — Steam game cover

    The Oregon Trail

    Single-player alternative to Pixel Heroes: Byte & Magic — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Pixel Heroes: Byte & Magic.

    The Oregon Trail is back in a beautiful blend of charming pixel art characters, 3D environments, and cutting-edge lighting and visual effects!

    2022StrategyAdventureSimulation29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Look Mum No Computer — Steam game cover

    Look Mum No Computer

    Single-player alternative to Pixel Heroes: Byte & Magic — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Pixel Heroes: Byte & Magic.

    Music meets mayhem in this twin-stick shooter action-RPG! Craft synthesizer modules to gain new weapons and experiment with the original music of Look Mum No Computer. Meet quirky NPCs, complete quests and battle huge bosses.

    2025ActionIndieRPG14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →