Games like Midnight Protocol
If Midnight Protocol is your kind of game, the closest matches are HackMeNow, Hacknet and Botomy — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its chess like strategic depth, consequences matterno railroading and cyberpunk matrix immersion. 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 Midnight Protocol: Midnight Protocol is a tactical narrative-driven RPG with unique keyboard-only controls. Hack into servers, beat security systems and discover encrypted secrets while you try to find answers to why and how you got doxxed.
Players who liked Midnight Protocol also play
Steam players who put hours into Midnight Protocol also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.
HackMeNow
WHY THIS
Top pick for Midnight Protocol fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Midnight Protocol.
A terminal-style hacking puzzle game where every command matters. Investigate logs, decode secrets, avoid traps, and uncover the rogue system watching from behind the screen.
Hacknet
WHY THIS
Shares puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with Midnight Protocol.
Second-strongest match for Midnight Protocol fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Midnight Protocol.
Hacknet is an immersive, terminal-based hacking simulator for PC. Dive down a rabbit hoIe as you follow the instructions of a recently deceased hacker, whose death may not have been the accident the media reports.
Botomy
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Midnight Protocol fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Midnight Protocol.
Botomy is a challenging strategy game where players program their character to compete in online multiplayer battles. Use the built in Javascript editor or run your own controller in any language/framework you like. Can your bot reach level 30?
Vigilantes
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Midnight Protocol.
Ranked #4 for Midnight Protocol fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Midnight Protocol.
Vigilantes is a combat focused, turn-based tactical RPG set in the crime riddled city of Reiker. The game offers hardcore squad-level combat in a gritty neo-noir setting, intel gathering through surveillance and interrogation, a detailed character system, base facilities, crafting, and more.
Brigand: Oaxaca
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Midnight Protocol.
Ranked #5 for Midnight Protocol fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Midnight Protocol.
Brigand: Oaxaca is a highly difficult post-apocalyptic RPG/FPS set in Mexico. Emphasis is on challenge, a branching story with multiple endings, and total freedom of action (kill friendly characters, rob stores, jump across roofs, etc.).
Element Space
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Midnight Protocol.
Ranked #6 for Midnight Protocol fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Midnight Protocol.
Year 2199. Assemble an elite crew and make allies to combat a shadowy organization threatening the future of humanity. Face overwhelming odds with strategy. Make your choices and save us from extinction.
Valkyria Chronicles 4 Complete Edition
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Shares an immersive mood with Midnight Protocol.
Ranked #7 for Midnight Protocol fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Midnight Protocol.
A Continent Engulfed in the Bitter Flames of War! Commander Claude Wallace and his childhood friends set out to fight in a desperate war, but bone-chilling blizzards, waves of imperial soldiers, and the godlike powers of the Valkyria stand between them and victory.
Symphony of War: The Nephilim Saga
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Midnight Protocol fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Midnight Protocol.
Enter Tahnra, a land savaged by war. You, a fresh academy graduate with humble beginnings, will grow to lead a grand army against a corrupt adversary. Gather heroes, form bonds, and lead your force in turn-based battles. Make use of tactics, terrain, morale and more to bring peace to the land!
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Uplink
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Midnight Protocol.
Reviewers of Midnight Protocol cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Midnight Protocol.
Uplink lets you play as a freelance hacker tackling risky contracts for corporations. Break into systems, steal data, sabotage rivals, and upgrade your gear. Support factions or go rogue in this immersive, strategy-driven hacking simulation game where your choices shape the outcome.
Hacknet
WHY THIS
Shares puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with Midnight Protocol.
Reviewers of Midnight Protocol cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Midnight Protocol.
Hacknet is an immersive, terminal-based hacking simulator for PC. Dive down a rabbit hoIe as you follow the instructions of a recently deceased hacker, whose death may not have been the accident the media reports.
The Netrunner Awaken1ng
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Midnight Protocol cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Midnight Protocol.
Hack the Matrix. Speedrun, dash and jump from wall to wall on a dynamic electrobass music in procedurally generated levels to steal Datas and escape before the Disconnection() in this parkour Hack 'n' Dash game.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Midnight Protocol at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Midnight Protocol on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Midnight Protocol.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Midnight Protocol on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Midnight Protocol.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
R.E.P.O.
WHY THIS
Priced ~53% under Midnight Protocol on Steam right now. Shares Action with Midnight Protocol.
An online co-op horror game with up to 6 players. Locate valuable, fully physics-based objects and handle them with care as you retrieve and extract to satisfy your creator's desires.
PEAK
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Midnight Protocol on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Midnight Protocol.
PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?
Titanfall® 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under Midnight Protocol on Steam right now. Shares Action with Midnight Protocol.
Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.
Sid Meier's Civilization® V
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Priced ~50% under Midnight Protocol on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Midnight Protocol.
Create, discover, and download new player-created maps, scenarios, interfaces, and more!
Slay the Spire
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Priced ~58% under Midnight Protocol on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Midnight Protocol.
We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!
Inscryption
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Midnight Protocol on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Midnight Protocol.
Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Midnight Protocol.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Midnight Protocol.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Midnight Protocol.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Midnight Protocol.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
STRAFTAT
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Midnight Protocol.
STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.
missed messages.
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Midnight Protocol.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
NGU IDLE
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Midnight Protocol.
NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Midnight Protocol.
A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.
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More from LuGus Studios
Other recommendable Steam games by LuGus Studios, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Liftoff®: FPV Drone Racing
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Midnight Protocol.
Another title from LuGus Studios, the studio behind Midnight Protocol. Shares Indie with Midnight Protocol.
Liftoff® is a drone simulator that translates the rush of first-person view drone flight to the digital world. Join the biggest community for virtual FPV racing and freestyle!
Liftoff®: Micro Drones
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Midnight Protocol.
Another title from LuGus Studios, the studio behind Midnight Protocol. Shares Action with Midnight Protocol.
Explore the world of FPV like never before! In Liftoff®: Micro Drones any indoor area becomes an exciting aerial playground. Explore, customize and compete in this simulator dedicated to the micro drones class.
Runes of Brennos
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Midnight Protocol.
Another title from LuGus Studios, the studio behind Midnight Protocol. Shares Action and Indie with Midnight Protocol.
Draw magical runes on the screen and see their power vanquish your opponents. Understand the strengths and weaknesses of the runes to unleash their full potential. The road to power is a dangerous one, but with the right combination of strategy and skill the throne could be yours!
Frequently asked about Midnight Protocol
- Does Midnight Protocol run on Steam Deck?
- Midnight Protocol 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 Midnight Protocol cost?
- Midnight Protocol is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Midnight Protocol?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Midnight Protocol are HackMeNow, Hacknet, Botomy.
- Who developed Midnight Protocol?
- Midnight Protocol was developed by LuGus Studios and published by Iceberg Interactive.
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