Single-player games like Vulture for NetHack
Below are 11 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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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.
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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.
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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!
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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.
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Golden Krone Hotel
Single-player alternative to Vulture for NetHack — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Vulture for NetHack.
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.
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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.
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Sword of the Stars: The Pit
Single-player alternative to Vulture for NetHack — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Vulture for NetHack.
A fun, fast, light-hearted, turn-based RPG, where the tradition of old school dungeon-diving games meets the sci-fi Sword of the Stars universe!
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.