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Single-player games like The Wizard's Lair

Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to The Wizard's Lair, 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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    Sword of Fargoal — Steam game cover

    Sword of Fargoal

    Single-player alternative to The Wizard's Lair — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and RPG with The Wizard's Lair.

    In this classic roguelike, released in 1983 for the Commodore 64 by Epyx, search the dark depths of a twisted dungeon, teeming with fiendish enemies and dangerous traps, for the legendary Sword of Fargoal, the only thing that can defeat the evil wizard Umla.

    2022AdventureRPG2.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Hyper Dungeon Crawler — Steam game cover

    Hyper Dungeon Crawler

    Single-player alternative to The Wizard's Lair — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and RPG with The Wizard's Lair.

    Hyper Dungeon Crawler is a turn-based roguelike RPG with crafting. Collect materials and craft your unique tools, weapons, magic spells and other supplements and fight your way through a series of procedurally generated scenes.

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure6.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Night Flight — Steam game cover

    Night Flight

    Single-player alternative to The Wizard's Lair — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with The Wizard's Lair.

    Pixel RPG Roguelike Shooter based on ATARI games. Shoot, survive and level up your ship. How long can you survive?

    2022ActionIndieRPG1.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Approaching Infinity — Steam game cover

    Approaching Infinity

    Single-player alternative to The Wizard's Lair — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Wizard's Lair.

    Approaching Infinity is a turn-based space RPG in the spirit of the sci-fi classics, with endless progression and exploration. Fight tactical battles or use diplomacy. Seek powerful artifacts. Quest, mine, trade, and craft. Level up forever or attempt 10 victories in hardcore or adventure mode.

    2025StrategyIndieAdventure13.49 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Pixel Dungeon — Steam game cover

    Pixel Dungeon

    Single-player alternative to The Wizard's Lair — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and RPG with The Wizard's Lair.

    Pixel Dungeon is an exciting and extremely popular roguelike (more than 2 million mobile installs!). Explore the depths of Pixel Dungeon, collect useful items and fight fierce monsters to find the Amulet of Yendor - the ultimate artefact of this game world!

    2015IndieAdventureRPG4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Rogue's Tale — Steam game cover

    Rogue's Tale

    Single-player alternative to The Wizard's Lair — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with The Wizard's Lair.

    Rogue's Tale is a single player turn-based dungeon crawling game.

    2014IndieRPG6.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    One Way Heroics — Steam game cover

    One Way Heroics

    Single-player alternative to The Wizard's Lair — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with The Wizard's Lair.

    Across all dimensions, the only constant is Darkness! A procedurally generated RPG-roguelike journey across the multiverse! In One Way Heroics, you take on the role of an intrepid adventurer who must travel across the land and face the Demon Lord before a mysterious darkness engulfs everything.

    2014IndieRPG3.49 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Shiren the Wanderer: The Tower of Fortune and the Dice of Fate — Steam game cover

    Shiren the Wanderer: The Tower of Fortune and the Dice of Fate

    Single-player alternative to The Wizard's Lair — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with The Wizard's Lair.

    The Classic Roguelike Wanders Onto Steam! Adventure with Shiren the Wanderer and his sidekick Koppa, the talking ferret, through a world filled with cunning monsters, deadly traps and countless treasure.

    2020RPG3.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Rising Runner — Steam game cover

    Rising Runner

    Single-player alternative to The Wizard's Lair — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    Rising Runner is a puzzle-action game, your aim is to guide Anette Harper through Purgatory to reclaim her soul! Features a level editor to make your own levels!

    2016IndieCasualSingle-playerSimilar games →