Single-player games like Cardinal Quest 2
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Cardinal Quest 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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Pixel Dungeon
Single-player alternative to Cardinal Quest 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Cardinal Quest 2.
Pixel Dungeon is an exciting and extremely popular roguelike (more than 2 million mobile installs!). Explore the depths of Pixel Dungeon, collect useful items and fight fierce monsters to find the Amulet of Yendor - the ultimate artefact of this game world!
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Rogue Empire: Dungeon Crawler RPG
Single-player alternative to Cardinal Quest 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Cardinal Quest 2.
Explore randomly generated content and experience the thrill of a classic tactical turn-based rogue-like RPG! Choose from a diverse cast of characters, each with their own unique abilities and strengths. Get ready for an unforgettable journey of strategy, skill, and discovery.
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Shattered Pixel Dungeon
Single-player alternative to Cardinal Quest 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Cardinal Quest 2.
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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Caves of Qud
Single-player alternative to Cardinal Quest 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Cardinal Quest 2.
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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Dungeonmans
Single-player alternative to Cardinal Quest 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Cardinal Quest 2.
Crush monsters and get loots in the classic turn-based style of deep dungeons and high adventure! Grow the Dungeonmans Academy, a bastion of learning that expands as you play. Serious gameplay with a light-hearted atmosphere, combining the feel of history's great RPGs and dice-slinging adventures around the tabletop.
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Hack, Slash, Loot
Single-player alternative to Cardinal Quest 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Cardinal Quest 2.
A single-player turn-based dungeon crawler. Take control of a lone hero and explore sprawling dungeons, fight dangerous monsters.
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Sproggiwood
Single-player alternative to Cardinal Quest 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Cardinal Quest 2.
Bring civilization to Sproggiwood, a story-driven, turn-based roguelike set in a humorous world inspired by Finnish mythology. Grow your civilization and plunder procedural dungeons with six unique classes. Outsmart mischievous monsters who work together in unexpected ways. No two dungeon dives are alike.
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Dungeons of Dredmor
Single-player alternative to Cardinal Quest 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Cardinal Quest 2.
Test your luck and cunning in this exciting RPG as you craft, cast, and pillage your way through Lord Dredmor's Dungeons.