Single-player games like Has-Been Heroes
Below are 18 single-player Steam games similar to Has-Been Heroes, 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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For The King
Single-player alternative to Has-Been Heroes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Has-Been Heroes.
For The King is a strategic RPG that blends tabletop and roguelike elements in a challenging adventure that spans the realms. Set off on a single player experience or play cooperatively both online and locally.
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Crowntakers
Single-player alternative to Has-Been Heroes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Has-Been Heroes.
Crowntakers combines turn-based strategy with RPG elements and takes you at the behest of the crown into a medieval fantasy world full of challenging encounters and epic adventures. With its randomly generated world, Crowntakers offers a varied gaming experience every time you set out to fight evil.
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Overfall
Single-player alternative to Has-Been Heroes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Has-Been Heroes.
Set sail in Overfall, a whimsical roguelike turn-based RPG of diplomacy and danger. Recruit unlikely heroes, forge alliances or crush your foes across ever-shifting seas to find a lost king. Every run is fresh with procedural worlds, permanent death, branching story encounters, and hand-drawn art.
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Desktop Dungeons: Rewind
Single-player alternative to Has-Been Heroes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Has-Been Heroes.
Desktop Dungeons: Rewind bestows bites of tactical roguelike action, which will quickly fester into a deep, lingering, and strategic obsession. Bargain with gods, equip your spoon and pick your battles, before retreating into the healing darkness. But beware… there are still many monsters to face!
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Crown Trick
Single-player alternative to Has-Been Heroes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Has-Been Heroes.
Enter a labyrinth that moves as you move, where mastering the elements is key to defeating enemies and uncovering the mysteries of this underground world. With a new experience awaiting every time you enter the dungeon, let the power bestowed by the crown guide you in this challenging adventure!
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Inkbound
Single-player alternative to Has-Been Heroes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Has-Been Heroes.
A turn-based tactical roguelike from the creators of Monster Train. Play solo or co-op, create powerful builds, and save the Atheneum.
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The Last Spell
Single-player alternative to Has-Been Heroes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Has-Been Heroes.
Defend the last bastion of humanity with your squad of heroes! Exterminate fiendish monsters with magic and brute force by night and re-build your battered city defenses by day in this tactical RPG with rogue-lite mechanics.
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Rogue Waters
Single-player alternative to Has-Been Heroes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Has-Been Heroes.
Rogue Waters is a Pirate Tactical Turn-Based Rogue-lite. Play as Captain Cutter, commanding your ship and crew through procedurally generated encounters to seek revenge. Recruit, train, and upgrade crew, use powerful sea creatures, and engage in dynamic naval and melee combat to gain the upper hand.
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Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition
Single-player alternative to Has-Been Heroes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Has-Been Heroes.
Zombies are invading your home, and the only defense is your arsenal of plants! Armed with an alien nursery-worth of zombie-zapping plants like peashooters and cherry bombs, you'll need to think fast and plant faster to stop dozens of types of zombies dead in their tracks.
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The Binding of Isaac
Single-player alternative to Has-Been Heroes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Has-Been Heroes.
Now 20% More Evil with the Free Halloween update!
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Magicka
Single-player alternative to Has-Been Heroes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with Has-Been Heroes.
Magicka is a satirical action-adventure game set in a rich fantasy world based on Norse mythology. The player assumes the role of a wizard from a sacred order tasked with stopping an evil sorcerer who has thrown the world into turmoil, his foul creations besieging the forces of good.
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Trine 2: Complete Story
Single-player alternative to Has-Been Heroes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Has-Been Heroes.
Three Heroes make their way through dangers untold in a fairytale world, featuring physics-based puzzles, beautiful sights and online co-op.
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Trine Enchanted Edition
Single-player alternative to Has-Been Heroes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Has-Been Heroes.
Three Heroes make their way through dangers untold in a fairytale world of great castles and strange machinery, featuring physics-based puzzles, beautiful sights and online co-op.
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Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince
Single-player alternative to Has-Been Heroes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Has-Been Heroes.
The best-selling Trine series returns to the magic of 2.5D! Join three iconic heroes as they set off on a quest through fantastical fairytale landscapes to save the world from the Nightmare Prince’s shadows.
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Trine 3: The Artifacts of Power
Single-player alternative to Has-Been Heroes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Has-Been Heroes.
Trine 3: The Artifacts of Power is a platforming game of action, puzzles and adventure, and the sequel to the award winning Trine and Trine 2. Reunite with the three heroes in an all-new adventure, now for the first time in full 3D!
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Nine Parchments
Single-player alternative to Has-Been Heroes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with Has-Been Heroes.
Nine Parchments is a co-operative blast'em up game of magic mayhem from Frozenbyte, creators of the Trine series!
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Trine 5: A Clockwork Conspiracy
Single-player alternative to Has-Been Heroes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Has-Been Heroes.
The Trine series is back with its biggest adventure! In their fifth outing, the Heroes of Trine are pitted against dastardly and duplicitous villains, who will stop at nothing to seize control of the kingdom. The clock is ticking to save the world of Trine!
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Shadowgrounds
Single-player alternative to Has-Been Heroes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Has-Been Heroes.
Shadowgrounds breathes fresh air into the action genre with explosive combat sequences, an innovative weapon upgrade system, and an intriguing storyline. The adrenaline-pumping, top-down gameplay and audiovisual fireworks set the scene for this new action experience which also includes single computer (split keyboard or joystick) co-op...