Single-player games like Yclept
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Yclept, 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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CHEW YOUR FOOD
Single-player alternative to Yclept — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Yclept.
It didn't chew you properly. Escape its stomach by crawling, solving puzzles, listening carefully, and avoiding monsters in this survival horror.
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TowerBound
Single-player alternative to Yclept — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Yclept.
There is no luck in this tower. Every monster, item, and locked door is deterministic — 50 hand-crafted floors forming one giant logic puzzle. Spend HP, gold, and keys in exactly the right order, or seal your own way forward. A pixel-art puzzle-RPG in the Tower of the Sorcerer tradition.
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Medium Rare
Single-player alternative to Yclept — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Yclept.
Eat people and conserve ammo as you hike to the top of a mountain where a human meat factory is about to process your kidnapped wife in this turn based survival dungeon crawler.
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Tower Realm
Single-player alternative to Yclept — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Yclept.
Tower Realm is a high-strategy Magic Tower RPG collection with fixed maps and stats, auto turn-based battles, and precise resource-route planning. Clear hardcore with no supplies, or use the Green Key to lower difficulty. Earn clear points to unlock custom challenges.
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REPOSE
Single-player alternative to Yclept — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Yclept.
In the facility, each step, each shot, each mistake costs precious energy. Rendered entirely in black and white, this mystery can be unravelled. The puzzle can be solved. Don't ask who tried to solve it before. Do the job. Find oxygen and sleep. Go deeper. And don't ask about Aaron.
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Deckline
Single-player alternative to Yclept — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Yclept.
Deckline is an atmospheric war-horror card game. Out of ammo and encircled, you play one last game of Durak to distract from the inevitable. Experience the grit and dread of modern combat through the lens of a board game.
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Legend of Keepers: Career of a Dungeon Manager
Single-player alternative to Yclept — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Yclept.
Legend of Keepers is the perfect mix between Dungeon Defender and Roguelite. You have been hired as a dungeon manager by the Dungeons Company. Your job is simple: protect their dungeons!
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CloverPit
Single-player alternative to Yclept — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Yclept.
A rogue-lite slot machine nightmare. Gamble for your life in a never-ending debt simulator!
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My Best Nightmare
Single-player alternative to Yclept — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Yclept.
The quest with psychological horror elements, nice pixel art, and a non-linear story.