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Single-player games like NetHack: Legacy

Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to NetHack: Legacy, 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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    Rogue Fable III — Steam game cover

    Rogue Fable III

    Single-player alternative to NetHack: Legacy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Pixel Dungeon — Steam game cover

    Pixel Dungeon

    Single-player alternative to NetHack: Legacy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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!

    2015IndieAdventureRPG4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Dungeons of Dredmor — Steam game cover

    Dungeons of Dredmor

    Single-player alternative to NetHack: Legacy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.

    2011IndieRPGCasual7.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Approaching Infinity — Steam game cover

    Approaching Infinity

    Single-player alternative to NetHack: Legacy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.

    2025StrategyIndieAdventure13.49 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Golden Krone Hotel — Steam game cover

    Golden Krone Hotel

    Single-player alternative to NetHack: Legacy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.

    2017StrategyIndieAdventure9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Shattered Pixel Dungeon — Steam game cover

    Shattered Pixel Dungeon

    Single-player alternative to NetHack: Legacy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.

    2022IndieAdventureRPG9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    MidBoss — Steam game cover

    MidBoss

    Single-player alternative to NetHack: Legacy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.

    2017StrategyIndieRPG14.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Sword of the Stars: The Pit — Steam game cover

    Sword of the Stars: The Pit

    Single-player alternative to NetHack: Legacy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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!

    2013StrategyIndieRPG9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Vulture — Steam game cover

    Vulture

    Single-player alternative to NetHack: Legacy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with NetHack: Legacy.

    Attention Pilots! Your skills are needed to defend our world! Collect, build, design, and fight your way to victory!

    2017ActionIndie9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    HackHub - Ultimate Hacker Simulator — Steam game cover

    HackHub - Ultimate Hacker Simulator

    Single-player alternative to NetHack: Legacy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with NetHack: Legacy.

    Unravel cyber secrets and foil mass surveillance as a skilled hacker in Hackhub. Challenge authority, rewrite the rules, and emerge as the ultimate digital rebel.

    2026StrategyIndieSimulation11.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →