Rank 01Why this
Also Traditional Roguelike and Turn-Based, like Hieroglyphika.
- $4.99 (Price checked Oct 31)
- Deck Verified
- 2014
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Players who liked Hieroglyphika also play
The closest matches to Hieroglyphika: Quest of Dungeons, Crown Trick, Shattered Planet, Darkest Dungeon®, and Dungeons of Dredmor. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
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Also Turn-Based and Perma Death, like Hieroglyphika.
- $4.99 (Price checked Nov 3)
- 2020
Rank 03Why this
Shares permadeath progression with Hieroglyphika.
- $14.99 (Price checked Oct 31)
- Deck Playable
- 2014
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Desktop Dungeons
Why this: Also Turn-Based and Rogue-like, like Hieroglyphika.
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- Released: 2016
- Developer: M. Hanka
- Price: $9.99checked Oct 30
- 66% of 64 reviews
- Genres: Strategy, RPG
- Platforms: Windows
Players highlight
- Brutal difficulty rewards mastery
- Chess like tactical positioning matters
- High skill cap feels rewarding to overcome
- Challenging
- Contemplative
- Mysterious
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Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.
Spelunky
Why this: Also Perma Death and Rogue-like, like Hieroglyphika.
868-HACK
Why this: Same tense mood as Hieroglyphika.
DARK SOULS™: REMASTERED
Why this: Same challenging mood as Hieroglyphika.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Hieroglyphika at current Steam store prices.
Hack, Slash, Loot
Why this: Also Traditional Roguelike and Turn-Based, like Hieroglyphika.
Othercide
Why this: Also Gothic and Turn-Based, like Hieroglyphika.
Zorbus
Why this: Also Traditional Roguelike and Perma Death, like Hieroglyphika.
Rencounter
Why this: Also Turn-Based and Rogue-like, like Hieroglyphika.
Monster Slayers
Why this: Shares permadeath progression with Hieroglyphika.
Free alternatives
Free games the recommender matches to Hieroglyphika, limited to titles with at least 500 Steam reviews and 80% positive.
Realm of the Mad God Exalt
Why this: Also Perma Death and Rogue-like, like Hieroglyphika.
Moonring
Why this: Also Traditional Roguelike and Dark Fantasy, like Hieroglyphika.
10 Minutes Till Dawn
Why this: Also Rogue-like and Dark Fantasy, like Hieroglyphika.
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Quest of Dungeons
Why this: Also Traditional Roguelike and Turn-Based, like Hieroglyphika.
Darkest Dungeon®
Why this: Also Turn-Based and Perma Death, like Hieroglyphika.
More from M. Hanka
Other recommendable Steam games by M. Hanka, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Voodoo Garden
Why this: Same mysterious mood as Hieroglyphika.
Mermaid Colony
Why this: Same challenging mood as Hieroglyphika.
About Hieroglyphika
The closest matches to Hieroglyphika: Quest of Dungeons, Crown Trick, Shattered Planet, Darkest Dungeon®, and Dungeons of Dredmor. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
If Hieroglyphika is your kind of game, the closest matches are Quest of Dungeons, Crown Trick and Shattered Planet — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as challenging, contemplative and mysterious, and single out its environmental traps and item attribute randomization. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
About Hieroglyphika: Open the gate to the egyptian underworld! Hieroglyphika is a roguelike game completely without text but with pictograms.
Is Hieroglyphika worth buying?
Players are split
A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.
- 66% of 64 Steam reviews are positive.
- We don't track this game's daily reviews yet, so this is the all-time picture.
- Price: $9.99 (checked Nov 6).
- People who recommend it had played a median of 5 h when they wrote their review.
- Critics usually quit early: a median of 1.9 h played before their negative review.
What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews
- Brutal difficulty rewards mastery
- Chess like tactical positioning matters
- High skill cap feels rewarding to overcome
- Puzzle like combat demands pattern recognition
Top critical reviews
The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.
“This game suffers from a horribly slow enemy turn. You move one tile, then the enemy takes 3-5 seconds per enemy to move. With multiple enemies, it can take what seems like 20-30 seconds of waiting for moving one tile. It's a waste of your…”
“Although I LOVE the idea of this game, I simply cannot stand how slow turns progress. Once you move, EVERY SINGLE ENEMY moves singularly, and slowly for that matter. This problem is so prevalent that I could not continue playing this game…”
People who play it also play: Quest of Dungeons, Crown Trick, Shattered Planet
Frequently asked about Hieroglyphika
Can I run it?
How much does Hieroglyphika cost?
Hieroglyphika is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Hieroglyphika?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Hieroglyphika are Quest of Dungeons, Crown Trick, Shattered Planet.
Who developed Hieroglyphika?
Hieroglyphika was developed by M. Hanka and published by Liu Lidan.