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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Crystania Wars 2
Single-player alternative to Has-Been Heroes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Has-Been Heroes.
A brand new tactical tower defense game series! Unique roguelike and Unique survival gameplay !
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ENDLESS™ Dungeon - Definitive Edition
Single-player alternative to Has-Been Heroes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Has-Been Heroes.
ENDLESS™ Dungeon is a Rogue-lite Tactical Action game, set in the award-winning ENDLESS™ Universe. Recruit a team of shipwrecked heroes, plunge into a long-abandoned space station, and protect your crystal against never-ending waves of monsters… or die trying, get reloaded, and try again.
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Trash of the Titans
Single-player alternative to Has-Been Heroes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Has-Been Heroes.
It's turn-based fantasy tactics with trash animals. Defend your trash from invading rats, and eat your trash to upgrade your team. Think your way out of ruin by using the shape of each level to your advantage. Be creative, and try to not die.
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Defend the Rook
Single-player alternative to Has-Been Heroes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Has-Been Heroes.
A roguelike tactics board combat combined with tower defense elements. Defeat the invading hordes to stay alive and save the land! Enjoy more tactics than a normal TD game, combined with the added challenge of building towers and fighting off waves of enemies!
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Touhou Monster TD ~ 幻想乡妖怪塔防
Single-player alternative to Has-Been Heroes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Has-Been Heroes.
Easy to learn but hard to master, Touhou Monster TD is a unique Tower defense Game. Control your character, level up and unlock tower skills and character talents, use your wisdom to defeat incoming enemies. Travel the Gensokyo, find out why the “Incident” happened this time.
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Inkbound
Single-player alternative to Has-Been Heroes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy 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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Star Renegades
Single-player alternative to Has-Been Heroes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Has-Been Heroes.
Star Renegades is a dimension spanning rogue-lite strategy RPG. Outsmart uniquely generated adversaries, forge bonds between heroes and end the cycle!
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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...