Single-player games like How To Hack In?
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to How To Hack In?, 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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Zero Trust
Single-player alternative to How To Hack In? — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with How To Hack In?.
An action hacking simulator set in a fully simulated world. Choose your path, craft your own tools, exploit vulnerabilities, and build your reputation. Every company, hacker, and law enforcement agency operates independently — nothing happens by chance. Every playthrough is unique.
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Netshell
Single-player alternative to How To Hack In? — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with How To Hack In?.
A 90s-themed hacking simulation with real shell commands and authentic techniques, set inside a UNIX-style operating system from 1997 with accurately recreated applications. Scan ports, exploit vulnerabilities, evade traces, join the underground, and live the Wild West era of the early internet.
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Anonymous Hacker Simulator: Prologue
Single-player alternative to How To Hack In? — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with How To Hack In?.
Step into the shoes of a skilled Anonymous hacker and embark on a mission to unveil the truth hidden behind a sinister organization's plans to monitor civilian data and enforce mass surveillance.
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Hacknet
Single-player alternative to How To Hack In? — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with How To Hack In?.
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.
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System Clues
Single-player alternative to How To Hack In? — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with How To Hack In?.
You pick up a laptop on the roadside. Boot it, log in, read emails, scroll chat logs — and NexusCore scandals surface: financial fraud, employee surveillance, an AI performance system. Will you stay a bystander, dig in, or gather evidence yourself? Every keystroke reshapes the fate of the world.
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NODE: PROTOCOL
Single-player alternative to How To Hack In? — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with How To Hack In?.
A full immersive hacking sim based on real exploits and C2 tools. Choose missions or pure free-roam. The world adapts to your every move and strikes back. Accept contracts. Hack servers. Earn BTC. Upgrade your gear and avoid getting traced. Play solo or in Co-op / CTF with your friends.
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Hacker The Dark Shadow
Single-player alternative to How To Hack In? — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with How To Hack In?.
Become a young programmer diving into the dangerous world of cybercrime. When the elite hacking collective Dark Shadows challenges you with a series of ruthless trials, you must push your genius to the limit. Will you prove your worth or become another digital casualty?
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Anonymous Hacker Simulator
Single-player alternative to How To Hack In? — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with How To Hack In?.
Step into the shoes of a skilled Anonymous hacker and embark on a mission to unveil the truth hidden behind a sinister organization's plans to monitor civilian data and enforce mass surveillance.
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Grey Hack
Single-player alternative to How To Hack In? — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with How To Hack In?.
Grey Hack is a massively multiplayer hacking simulator game. You're a hacker with full freedom to act as you wish on a vast network of procedurally generated computers.