Single-player games like Equin: The Lantern
Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to Equin: The Lantern, 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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Haque
Single-player alternative to Equin: The Lantern — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Equin: The Lantern.
Haque is a glitch fantasy roguelike adventure about cute monsters, low-bit hauntings, and a suspiciously talkative narrator. Choose your character and battle through forests, deserts and dungeons to defeat a mysterious evil. Die often. Try again!
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Equin 2: The Warren Peace
Single-player alternative to Equin: The Lantern — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Equin: The Lantern.
When an evil wizard writes a 6000-page book to bore the townspeople to death, it's up to you to take the damn thing and return it FROM WHENCE IT CAME.
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Vulture for NetHack
Single-player alternative to Equin: The Lantern — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Equin: The Lantern.
Vulture for NetHack is an isometric graphical interface for the roguelike engine: NetHack.
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ADOM (Ancient Domains Of Mystery)
Single-player alternative to Equin: The Lantern — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Equin: The Lantern.
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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Golden Krone Hotel
Single-player alternative to Equin: The Lantern — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Equin: The Lantern.
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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Rogue Fable III
Single-player alternative to Equin: The Lantern — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Equin: The Lantern.
Rogue Fable III is a traditional rogue-like game which combines the depth, complexity, and challenge of the genre classics with a shorter, more tightly focused game length.
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UFO 50
Single-player alternative to Equin: The Lantern — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Equin: The Lantern.
UFO 50 is a collection of 50 single and multiplayer games that span a variety of genres, from platformers and shoot 'em ups to puzzle games, roguelites, and RPGs. Our goal is to combine a familiar 8-bit aesthetic with new ideas and modern game design.
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Once upon a Dungeon
Single-player alternative to Equin: The Lantern — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Equin: The Lantern.
Explore dark dungeons, defeat challenging creatures and collect unique loot in this hardcore traditional roguelike game.
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Just a Cleric
Single-player alternative to Equin: The Lantern — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Equin: The Lantern.
Help a wussy cleric set out and avenge his dead buddies against a dragon. IT'S CLERIC DE COMMANDO! Visit the forums for demo info!
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Weebish Mines
Single-player alternative to Equin: The Lantern — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Equin: The Lantern.
"Once upon a time, there was a family of 4 who lived in a log cabin by the mines. Everything was cool. But one day somebody left the door open and all their pets ran away! This is the story of how they got them back."
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The Outlaw, The Drunk, & The Whore
Single-player alternative to Equin: The Lantern — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Equin: The Lantern.
When three unscrupulous jerks meet an early demise, only the devil himself can give 'em another shot at that federal gold! Contains cussin' and such
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Bone Appetit
Single-player alternative to Equin: The Lantern — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
When the king declares that all food is now his, whatcha' gonna' do? Raise a skeleton slave to steal it back for you, of course!