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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Warden of the Sunken Keep
Single-player alternative to Hieroglyphika — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and RPG with Hieroglyphika.
The sunken Aldermere Keep spews demonic miasma across the valley. Those who linger within it slowly lose their sanity and become monsters. Descend into the keep, find the source, and end the corruption in this retro fantasy turn-based roguelite.
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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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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.