Single-player games like Hydra Slayer
Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to Hydra Slayer, 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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HyperRogue
Single-player alternative to Hydra Slayer — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Time moves when you move in a truly non-Euclidean world
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Dungeonmans
Single-player alternative to Hydra Slayer — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and RPG with Hydra Slayer.
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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Sproggiwood
Single-player alternative to Hydra Slayer — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG and Strategy with Hydra Slayer.
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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Jupiter Hell
Single-player alternative to Hydra Slayer — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG and Strategy with Hydra Slayer.
True Roguelike. Turn-based shooter. Permadeath. Tribute to the sci-fi classics of the Golden VHS era. Successor to DRL. Just you and your gun against hordes of horrors and monstrosities. Give them hell to the rhythm of heavy metal.
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The Curse Of Yendor
Single-player alternative to Hydra Slayer — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Hydra Slayer.
Kill monsters, get loot, solve puzzles, complete quests! A sword and sorcery adventure where your magic shapes the world. A classical rogue-like with a modern feel. "Your nemesis has found the Amulet of Yendor... Defeat him before he ascends to godhood!"
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Caves of Qud
Single-player alternative to Hydra Slayer — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and RPG with Hydra Slayer.
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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Dungeons of Dredmor
Single-player alternative to Hydra Slayer — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Hydra Slayer.
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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Dungeon Drafters
Single-player alternative to Hydra Slayer — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and RPG with Hydra Slayer.
Dungeon Drafters is a mystery dungeon adventure set in a world where magic is cards, and cards are magic. Explore ancient ruins, loot rare cards and employ clever combos to defeat your foes and build the legendary spell deck that could save the world.
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NetHack: Legacy
Single-player alternative to Hydra Slayer — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Hydra Slayer.
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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HackHub - Ultimate Hacker Simulator
Single-player alternative to Hydra Slayer — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Hydra Slayer.
Unravel cyber secrets and foil mass surveillance as a skilled hacker in Hackhub. Challenge authority, rewrite the rules, and emerge as the ultimate digital rebel.
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ADOM (Ancient Domains Of Mystery)
Single-player alternative to Hydra Slayer — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and RPG with Hydra Slayer.
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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RogueViz Collection
Single-player alternative to Hydra Slayer — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Hydra Slayer.
The discovery of non-Euclidean geometry has changed how we perceive the world... but geometry goes even more exotic than that! Games of various genres designed for Thurston and space-time geometries.