Single-player games like Uplink
Below are 17 single-player Steam games similar to Uplink, 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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Automatica
Single-player alternative to Uplink — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Uplink.
Tactical puzzle game where you need to program your robots to finish the task.
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Remain At Your Desk
Single-player alternative to Uplink — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Uplink.
Incremental hacker about faking productivity while stealing from your employer. Sell intel for credits or keep it and raise suspicion. One bad audit and you’re back to Intern.
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HackMeNow
Single-player alternative to Uplink — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Uplink.
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.
- 4
Network & Cyber Security Simulator
Single-player alternative to Uplink — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Uplink.
Tired of boring network diagrams? Network & Cyber Security Simulator takes networking and cybersecurity into an interactive first-person (FPS) simulation game! Learn by doing, configure realistic CLI terminals from scratch, solve technical puzzles, and become the digital architect!
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RUNLENGTH
Single-player alternative to Uplink — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Uplink.
You are PID_0x7F, a rogue process fighting to survive inside a dying computer. Outrun the system's daemons, solve living data-structure puzzles, and reconstruct the truth your creator tried to delete — before the machine wipes you for good.
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Blackdoor
Single-player alternative to Uplink — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Uplink.
You're a hacker with a terminal and four terrible scripts - time to rewrite them. Hack servers by writing actual code in a custom scripting language: probe ports, crack passwords, steal data, and get out before the trace completes. The better your code, the better you hack.
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Cyber Academy
Single-player alternative to Uplink — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Uplink.
Master cybersecurity by doing inside a living virtual OS. Complete hands on modules, then enter a safe fictional Dark Net where virtual operators infiltrate rivals, defend their own systems, hunt traces and compete for reputation. More modules are coming.
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Cyborg Earthworm
Single-player alternative to Uplink — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Uplink.
Make a Snake AI using simple visual commands. Develop a strategy, let the computer do the hard work, sit back and watch it play the game for you.
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Hacknet
Single-player alternative to Uplink — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Uplink.
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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Prison Architect
Single-player alternative to Uplink — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Uplink.
Only the world’s most ruthless Warden can contain the world’s most ruthless inmates. Design and develop your personalized penitentiary in Prison Architect.
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DEFCON
Single-player alternative to Uplink — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Uplink.
Inspired by the 1983 cult classic film, Wargames, DEFCON superbly evokes the tension, paranoia and suspicion of the Cold War era, playing on the fascinating aspects of psychological gameplay that occur during strategic nuclear warfare.
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Scanner Sombre
Single-player alternative to Uplink — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Uplink.
Scanner Sombre is a 3d horror cave exploration game where darkness is your greatest foe. Illuminate the unseen with your LIDAR scanner, revealing the eerie beauty and peril of the abyss. From the creators of Prison Architect, this immersive adventure uses light and shadow for a haunting experience.
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The Last Starship
Single-player alternative to Uplink — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Uplink.
The Last Starship is a 2D space construction game where you design and upgrade your starship. Choose your path: pirate hunter, miner, engineer, spacebus driver, and more, whilst exploring vibrant star systems. Enjoy a growing sandbox world, with regular free updates. Your cosmic adventure awaits!
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Darwinia
Single-player alternative to Uplink — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Uplink.
Darwinia blends real-time strategy, action, and puzzles with a unique gesture-based control system. Save the Darwinians, battle viruses, and restore order in a retro-inspired digital world. Winner of multiple prestigious awards, including the Seumas McNally Grand Prize at IGF 2006.
- 15
Multiwinia
Single-player alternative to Uplink — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Uplink.
Multiwinia is a fast-paced, retro-inspired RTS that blends arcade action with strategic depth. Command armies of Multiwinians in multiplayer battles across vibrant, nostalgic environments. With simple controls and dynamic gameplay, it offers endless fun and challenge for players of all skill levels.
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DEFCON VR
Single-player alternative to Uplink — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Uplink.
DEFCON VR allows you to spectate DEFCON games in the comfort of your own virtual War Room. Join others and marvel at total global annihilation as nuclear missiles arc over the globe on their path to destruction. Watch Armageddon unfold as everybody dies….
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Arise Dark Lord
Single-player alternative to Uplink — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Uplink.
You are The Dark Lord! Raise an evil army, and crush the race of men. An action-strategy hybrid RTS, blending tower defence, base building and direct control of your Dark Lord avatar, currently in early development.