Games like NetHack: Legacy
If NetHack: Legacy is your kind of game, the closest matches are Rogue Fable III, Pixel Dungeon and Dungeons of Dredmor — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its achievements add modern polish, decades of replayability and deep tactical combat. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →About NetHack: Legacy: NETHACK: LEGACY is a remastered version of the original NetHack, the deeply rich and complex fantasy D&D roguelike. Hack and slash your way through orcs, dragons, and cockatrices as you explore the perilous procedurally-generated dungeons seeking the Amulet of Yendor.
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Rogue Fable III
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with NetHack: Legacy.
Top pick for NetHack: Legacy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with NetHack: Legacy.
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.
Pixel Dungeon
WHY THIS
Shares permadeath, procedural generation and a retro mood with NetHack: Legacy.
Second-strongest match for NetHack: Legacy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with NetHack: Legacy.
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!
Dungeons of Dredmor
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation with NetHack: Legacy.
Third-strongest match for NetHack: Legacy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with NetHack: Legacy.
Test your luck and cunning in this exciting RPG as you craft, cast, and pillage your way through Lord Dredmor's Dungeons.
Approaching Infinity
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with NetHack: Legacy.
Ranked #4 for NetHack: Legacy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with NetHack: Legacy.
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.
Golden Krone Hotel
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for NetHack: Legacy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with NetHack: Legacy.
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.
Shattered Pixel Dungeon
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation and a challenging mood with NetHack: Legacy.
Ranked #6 for NetHack: Legacy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with NetHack: Legacy.
Shattered Pixel Dungeon is a traditional roguelike dungeon crawler that's simple to start but hard to master! Every game is a unique challenge, with six different heroes, randomized levels and enemies, and hundreds of items to collect and use.
MidBoss
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with NetHack: Legacy.
Ranked #7 for NetHack: Legacy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with NetHack: Legacy.
Kill your enemies, possess their bodies, and take their abilities as your own in this turn-based procedurally generated death labyrinth.
Sword of the Stars: The Pit
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation and a challenging mood with NetHack: Legacy.
Ranked #8 for NetHack: Legacy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with NetHack: Legacy.
A fun, fast, light-hearted, turn-based RPG, where the tradition of old school dungeon-diving games meets the sci-fi Sword of the Stars universe!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below NetHack: Legacy at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~83% under NetHack: Legacy on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with NetHack: Legacy.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under NetHack: Legacy on Steam right now. Shares Indie with NetHack: Legacy.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under NetHack: Legacy on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with NetHack: Legacy.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
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Priced ~75% under NetHack: Legacy on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with NetHack: Legacy.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~83% under NetHack: Legacy on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with NetHack: Legacy.
This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.
Crypt of the NecroDancer
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with NetHack: Legacy.
Priced ~50% under NetHack: Legacy on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with NetHack: Legacy.
Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!
Super Hexagon
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under NetHack: Legacy on Steam right now. Shares Indie with NetHack: Legacy.
Super Hexagon is a minimal action game by Terry Cavanagh, with music by Chipzel.
Nodebuster
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under NetHack: Legacy on Steam right now. Shares Indie with NetHack: Legacy.
Nodebuster is a short, experimental incremental game about busting nodes and destroying reality.
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Realm of the Mad God Exalt
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with NetHack: Legacy.
Embark on an exhilarating journey into the pixelated Realm of the Mad God! Join, an action-packed, free-to-play MMO bullet hell game. Discover a world with danger, challenges, and hidden treasures as you battle through waves of enemies. Team up with players and conquer dungeons to become a legend!
Spiral Knights
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with NetHack: Legacy.
Join the ranks of the Spiral Knights. Stranded on an alien world, you must explore the ever-changing Clockworks beneath its surface.
Soda Dungeon
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with NetHack: Legacy.
Pop the top on some legendary action with Soda Dungeon, the fresh and fizzy hit mobile RPG adventure, now available on your desktop! Manage your team as you raid the local dungeons, upgrade your tavern, and attract new party members. Gold, legendary items, and more await you.
Soda Dungeon 2
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with NetHack: Legacy.
Everyone’s favorite laid-back dungeon crawler returns in Soda Dungeon 2. Featuring a new adventure, a whole town to upgrade, crafting, new classes, alternate dimensions, and more! It’s everything you loved about the original plus all the stuff you’ve been asking for.
Cave Crawlers
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with NetHack: Legacy.
Cave Crawlers is a 1-10 player rogue lite set deep underground in a system of randomly generated caves. Players use weapons, spells, and talents to defeat the unique bosses and enemies found in each biome.
Himno
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with NetHack: Legacy.
Himno is a peaceful, 2D platformer game with an infinite number of beautiful procedurally generated maps. Take a breath, and relax.
Stoneshard: Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with NetHack: Legacy.
You come to your senses in a sinister dungeon. The Ritual is about to commence – you have only one chance to escape. Stoneshard: Prologue is a demo to the main game, presenting its basic mechanics.
Legend of Keepers: Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with NetHack: Legacy.
You have been hired as a dungeon master by the Dungeons Company. Your job is simple: Protect their dungeons! Legend of Keepers: Prologue is a playable alpha that will help you get familiar with the game mechanics.
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Frequently asked about NetHack: Legacy
- Does NetHack: Legacy run on Steam Deck?
- NetHack: Legacy is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does NetHack: Legacy cost?
- NetHack: Legacy is listed on Steam at 5.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to NetHack: Legacy?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside NetHack: Legacy are Rogue Fable III, Pixel Dungeon, Dungeons of Dredmor.
- Who developed NetHack: Legacy?
- NetHack: Legacy was developed by FrozenCrate, LLC.
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