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Single-player games like Vulture for NetHack

Below are 13 single-player Steam games similar to Vulture for NetHack, 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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    MidBoss — Steam game cover

    MidBoss

    Single-player alternative to Vulture for NetHack — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Vulture for NetHack.

    Kill your enemies, possess their bodies, and take their abilities as your own in this turn-based procedurally generated death labyrinth.

    2017StrategyIndieRPG14.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    ADOM (Ancient Domains Of Mystery) — Steam game cover

    ADOM (Ancient Domains Of Mystery)

    Single-player alternative to Vulture for NetHack — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Vulture for NetHack.

    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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    Dawn of the Mexica — Steam game cover

    Dawn of the Mexica

    Single-player alternative to Vulture for NetHack — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Vulture for NetHack.

    Dawn of the Mexica is a turn-based roguelike that blends accurate history and mythical fantasy. It features complex combat mechanics, tactics and skills, yet also brings you an easy to use interface. Fight your way through the procedurally generated scenarios and stop the fall of the Fifth Sun!

    2020IndieAdventureRPG11.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Darkest Dungeon® — Steam game cover

    Darkest Dungeon®

    Single-player alternative to Vulture for NetHack — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Vulture for NetHack.

    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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    NEO Scavenger — Steam game cover

    NEO Scavenger

    Single-player alternative to Vulture for NetHack — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Vulture for NetHack.

    NEO Scavenger is a game where you must survive in the wasteland long enough to figure out who you are. Each turn, you must decide where to go, how to scavenge for supplies, and how to deal with anything and anyone you encounter.

    2014StrategyIndieRPG14.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Shattered Pixel Dungeon — Steam game cover

    Shattered Pixel Dungeon

    Single-player alternative to Vulture for NetHack — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Vulture for NetHack.

    Shattered Pixel Dungeon is a traditional roguelike dungeon crawler that's simple to start but hard to master! Every game is a unique challenge, with six different heroes, randomized levels and enemies, and hundreds of items to collect and use.

    2022IndieAdventureRPG9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Dungeons of Dredmor — Steam game cover

    Dungeons of Dredmor

    Single-player alternative to Vulture for NetHack — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Vulture for NetHack.

    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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    Rogue Fable III — Steam game cover

    Rogue Fable III

    Single-player alternative to Vulture for NetHack — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Vulture for NetHack.

    Rogue Fable III is a traditional rogue-like game which combines the depth, complexity, and challenge of the genre classics with a shorter, more tightly focused game length.

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Tales of Maj'Eyal — Steam game cover

    Tales of Maj'Eyal

    Single-player alternative to Vulture for NetHack — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Vulture for NetHack.

    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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    Caves of Qud — Steam game cover

    Caves of Qud

    Single-player alternative to Vulture for NetHack — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Vulture for NetHack.

    Inhabit a deeply-simulated science fantasy world and chisel through layers of thousand-year-old civilizations. Build a character from over a hundred mutations and cybernetics. The award-winning sandbox roguelike & RPG full of robots, deep lore, and sentient plants.

    2024StrategyIndieAdventure23.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    NetHack: Legacy — Steam game cover

    NetHack: Legacy

    Single-player alternative to Vulture for NetHack — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Vulture for NetHack.

    NETHACK: LEGACY is a remastered version of the original NetHack, the deeply rich and complex fantasy D&D roguelike. Hack and slash your way through orcs, dragons, and cockatrices as you explore the perilous procedurally-generated dungeons seeking the Amulet of Yendor.

    2018IndieAdventureRPG5.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Rogue — Steam game cover

    Rogue

    Single-player alternative to Vulture for NetHack — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and RPG with Vulture for NetHack.

    Experience the commercial port of the game that spawned a thousand 'Rogue-likes'. Venture into the Dungeons of Doom in search of the legendary Amulet of Yendor, and hopefully escape with your life! Randomly generated dungeons await you, full of nasty monsters, insidious traps, and glittering loot.

    2020StrategyAdventureRPG2.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    GnollHack — Steam game cover

    GnollHack

    Single-player alternative to Vulture for NetHack — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Vulture for NetHack.

    The modern way to play NetHack

    2025IndieAdventureRPGFreeSingle-playerSimilar games →