Single-player games like System Under Surveillance
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to System Under Surveillance, 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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Ghost Node
Single-player alternative to System Under Surveillance — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with System Under Surveillance.
Play as a freelance hacker breaking into high-security facilities to steal corporate secrets in this stealth game. Use your drone to scout ahead, hack and rewire systems to slip past security, grab the data and get out unseen.
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SmileXCorp 3
Single-player alternative to System Under Surveillance — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with System Under Surveillance.
After helping the Resistance, and infiltrating the train bound for the corporation, you must take control of the situation and fight the enemy from within. Enter the Smiling-X horror game and help the Resistance defeat the evil corporation that is trying to manipulate
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1989 After the War
Single-player alternative to System Under Surveillance — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with System Under Surveillance.
An atomic war has reduced the world to a heap of ruins. However, there are still those who refuse to give up and seek to bring justice even in this chaos. Use your blade, granades and shotgun to fight your way through this post-apocalyptic scrolling action-platformer in pure 80s arcade style.
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Republique
Single-player alternative to System Under Surveillance — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with System Under Surveillance.
Help a woman named Hope escape in a thrilling and topical stealth-action game that explores the perils of government surveillance in the Internet Age.
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LONELY, LUSTFUL, ARROGANT, HATEFUL
Single-player alternative to System Under Surveillance — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with System Under Surveillance.
Solve puzzles and conquer challenges in a brutal and unforgiving dystopic gameshow. Meet new friends along the way, get to know them and discover their motives. Can you keep everyone alive until the end? Are you after glory, love or vengeance?
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LIBERATED
Single-player alternative to System Under Surveillance — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with System Under Surveillance.
Lock, load, and get ready for a new kind of action adventure! Immerse yourself in a noir rain-soaked city inside a paperback comic. Uncover a cyberpunk conspiracy against human rights. THIS is the revolution.
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Patchman vs. Red Circles
Single-player alternative to System Under Surveillance — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with System Under Surveillance.
Help Patchman rescue the Sheeple from enslavement by the Drone army! But... who is Patchman, and why shouldn't you be him? Find out in the game they don't want you to play!
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I Hate This Place
Single-player alternative to System Under Surveillance — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with System Under Surveillance.
A craft-based, isometric survival horror game with twisted monsters and warped reality. Scavenge and build to survive terrifying days and nights while using stealth and noise to fight enemies that stalk by sound. All styled with bold comic art and an '80s horror vibe.