Single-player games like Hieroglyphika
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to Hieroglyphika, 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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Golden Krone Hotel
Single-player alternative to Hieroglyphika — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and RPG with Hieroglyphika.
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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Soulash
Single-player alternative to Hieroglyphika — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Hieroglyphika.
Eat the villagers, murder bunnies, milk cows, or exterminate gods! Soulash is a traditional, turn-based roguelike where your goal is to consume the souls of the living, conquer the vast fantasy world and decide its fate.
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Tales of Maj'Eyal
Single-player alternative to Hieroglyphika — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Hieroglyphika.
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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Vulture for NetHack
Single-player alternative to Hieroglyphika — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and RPG with Hieroglyphika.
Vulture for NetHack is an isometric graphical interface for the roguelike engine: NetHack.
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Dungeons of Dredmor
Single-player alternative to Hieroglyphika — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Hieroglyphika.
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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ADOM (Ancient Domains Of Mystery)
Single-player alternative to Hieroglyphika — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and RPG with Hieroglyphika.
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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Shattered Pixel Dungeon
Single-player alternative to Hieroglyphika — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Hieroglyphika.
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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Darkest Dungeon®
Single-player alternative to Hieroglyphika — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and RPG with Hieroglyphika.
Darkest Dungeon is a challenging gothic roguelike turn-based RPG about the psychological stresses of adventuring. Recruit, train, and lead a team of flawed heroes against unimaginable horrors, stress, disease, and the ever-encroaching dark. Can you keep your heroes together when all hope is lost?
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Spelunky
Single-player alternative to Hieroglyphika — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Spelunky is a unique platformer with randomized levels that offer a challenging new experience each time you play. Journey deep underground and explore fantastic places filled with all manner of monsters, traps, and treasure.
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868-HACK
Single-player alternative to Hieroglyphika — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Hieroglyphika.
You are a computer hacker. You steal precious data while the world sleeps.
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DARK SOULS™: REMASTERED
Single-player alternative to Hieroglyphika — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Then, there was fire. Re-experience the critically acclaimed, genre-defining game that started it all. Beautifully remastered, return to Lordran in stunning high-definition detail running at 60fps.
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Legend of Zero
Single-player alternative to Hieroglyphika — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and RPG with Hieroglyphika.
This is the next installment of Legend of Cina, it's a bit more simple and hopefully you will like it.
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The Cat Games
Single-player alternative to Hieroglyphika — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Do you like cats? Then this is the purrfect game for you!
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Voodoo Garden
Single-player alternative to Hieroglyphika — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Welcome to the Voodoo Garden! You're owner of a little hut in a bustling swamp. With the help of little spirits you can earn powers and gold by producing various voodoo supplies.
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Puzzle Dating
Single-player alternative to Hieroglyphika — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Hello! I'm a matchmaking game.
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Mermaid Colony
Single-player alternative to Hieroglyphika — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Hieroglyphika.
Mermaid Colony is an atmospheric survival strategy game. You're granted godlike powers to guide the mermaids in a battle between light and darkness.