Games Like NetHack Similar Role-playing Games & Roguelike Games like NetHack

NetHack is described as 'Single player dungeon exploration game that runs on a wide variety of computer systems, with a variety of graphical and text interfaces all using the same game engine. Unlike many other Dungeons & Dragons-inspired games, the emphasis in NetHack is on discovering' and is a role-playing game in the games category. There are more than 25 games similar to NetHack for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Android and iPhone apps. The best NetHack alternative is Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead, which is both free and Open Source. Other NetHack like games are Shattered Pixel Dungeon, Pixel Dungeon, Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup and Xeonjia.

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    Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead is a roguelike set in a post-apocalyptic world. Surviving is difficult: you have been thrown, ill-equipped, into a landscape now riddled with monstrosities of which flesh eating zombies are neither the strangest nor the deadliest.

    29 Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Steam
    • GOG.com

    Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead Features

    1.  Player vs Enviroment
    2.  Ad-free
    3.  Works Offline
    4.  Endless gameplay
    5.  Moddable
    6.  Single player
    7.  Base building

    Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead VS NetHack

     
    • Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to NetHack.

    • Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to NetHack.

    • Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead is Free and Open SourceNetHack is also Free and Open Source
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    Shattered Pixel Dungeon is a Roguelike RPG, with pixel art graphics and lots of variety and replayability. Every game is unique, with four different playable characters, randomized levels and enemies, and over 150 items to collect and use.

    35 Shattered Pixel Dungeon alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Country of Origin

    • CA flagCanada

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Steam

    Shattered Pixel Dungeon Features

    1.  Dungeon Crawlers
    2.  RPG-like
    3.  Pixel Art
    4.  Ad-free
    5.  Single player

    Shattered Pixel Dungeon VS NetHack

     
    • Shattered Pixel Dungeon is the most popular Android, iPhone, iPad & Android Tablet alternative to NetHack.

    • Shattered Pixel Dungeon is Free and Open SourceNetHack is also Free and Open Source
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    Pixel Dungeon is a traditional roguelike game with pixel-art graphics and simple interface. Explore the depths of Pixel Dungeon, collect useful items, fight fierce monsters to find Amulet of Yendor (surprise!) - the ultimate artifact of this game world.

    36 Pixel Dungeon alternatives

    License model

    • FreemiumOpen Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • RU flagRussia

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone

    Pixel Dungeon Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Pixel Art

    Pixel Dungeon VS NetHack

     
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    Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup is an open-source, single-player, role-playing roguelike game of exploration and treasure-hunting in dungeons filled with dangerous and unfriendly monsters in a quest to rescue the mystifyingly fabulous Orb of Zot.

    35 Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup Features

    1.  Dungeon Crawlers

    Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup VS NetHack

     
  5. Xeonjia icon
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    Solve ice puzzles and defeat enemies in an RPG world.

    32 Xeonjia alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • F-Droid

    Xeonjia Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Single player
    3.  Works Offline

    Xeonjia VS NetHack

     
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    Test your luck and cunning in this exciting RPG as you craft, cast, and pillage your way through Lord Dredmor's Dungeons.

    30 Dungeons of Dredmor alternatives

    License model

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Steam

    Dungeons of Dredmor Features

    1.  Single player
    2.  Dungeon Crawlers

    Dungeons of Dredmor VS NetHack

     
    • Dungeons of Dredmor is the most popular commercial alternative to NetHack.

    • Dungeons of Dredmor is Paid and ProprietaryNetHack is Free and Open Source
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    Desktop Dungeons is a quick-play roguelike puzzle game that gives you roughly 10 minutes of dungeon-crawling action per serving. It straddles the casual and hardcore boundary in that, while you might die frequently because the game is tricky and unforgiving, it’s so approachable...

    25 Desktop Dungeons alternatives

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online

    Desktop Dungeons Features

    1.  Dungeon Crawlers

    Desktop Dungeons VS NetHack

     
    • Desktop Dungeons is the most popular Web-based alternative to NetHack.

    • Desktop Dungeons is Freemium and ProprietaryNetHack is Free and Open Source
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    Descend into the depths of the dungeon until you reach the foul daemon known as "He who the author cannot spell consistently", or, Baezl'bub. When you have slain Baezl'bub in heroic combat, or, if Baezl'bub dies in any way, retrieve his black heart and...

    34 POWDER alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone

    POWDER Features

    1.  Single player

    POWDER VS NetHack

     
  9. Rogue icon
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    Rogue is a 1980 computer role-playing game created by Michael Toy, Glenn Wichman, and Ken Arnold.

    17 Rogue alternatives

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • MS-DOS

    Rogue VS NetHack

     
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    A single-player turn-based dungeon crawler. Take control of a lone hero and explore sprawling dungeons, fight dangerous monsters.

    28 Hack, Slash, Loot alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Steam

    Hack, Slash, Loot Features

    1.  Single player
    2.  Dungeon Crawlers

    Hack, Slash, Loot VS NetHack

     
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    Angband is a free, single-player dungeon exploration game. You play an adventurer seeking riches, fighting monsters, and preparing for a final battle with Morgoth, the Lord of Darkness.

    14 Angband alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android

    Angband Features

    1.  Procedurally generated
    2.  Exploration
    3.  Dungeon Crawlers

    Angband VS NetHack

     
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    A roguelike/sandbox game.

    9 RogueBox Adventures alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux

    RogueBox Adventures Features

    1.  Sandbox

    RogueBox Adventures VS NetHack

     
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