Single-player games like The Netrunner Awaken1ng
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to The Netrunner Awaken1ng, 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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Mirror's Edge™
Single-player alternative to The Netrunner Awaken1ng — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with The Netrunner Awaken1ng.
In a city where information is heavily monitored, couriers called Runners transport sensitive data. In this seemingly utopian paradise, a crime has been committed, & you are being hunted. You are a Runner called Faith and this innovative first-person action-adventure is your story.
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Citizen Sleeper
Single-player alternative to The Netrunner Awaken1ng — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Netrunner Awaken1ng.
Roleplaying in the ruins of interplanetary capitalism. Live the life of an escaped worker, washed-up on a lawless station at the edge of an interstellar society. Inspired by the flexibility and freedom of TTRPGs, explore the station, choose your friends, escape your past and change your future.
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Quadrilateral Cowboy
Single-player alternative to The Netrunner Awaken1ng — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Netrunner Awaken1ng.
When you have a top-of-the-line hacking deck armed with a 56.6k modem and a staggering 256k RAM, it means just one thing: you answer only to the highest bidder.
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Uplink
Single-player alternative to The Netrunner Awaken1ng — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Netrunner Awaken1ng.
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.
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ArcRunner
Single-player alternative to The Netrunner Awaken1ng — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Netrunner Awaken1ng.
Traverse 'The Arc' in this beautiful, Cyberpunk-styled action rogue-lite as you attempt to reset an evil rogue AI. Experiment with different weapons and augments as you fight hordes of machines programmed for your annihilation! Collect Nanites & power-up after every run either solo or with friends!
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DeadCore
Single-player alternative to The Netrunner Awaken1ng — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Netrunner Awaken1ng.
DeadCore is a Platformer-FPS blending exploration and speedrun. Become immersed in a futuristic and dreamlike adventure which will see you climb a huge Tower born from the void and truly put your capabilities to the test. Will you be able to reveal the secrets that lie beneath this fog-ridden world?
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Rez Infinite
Single-player alternative to The Netrunner Awaken1ng — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Netrunner Awaken1ng.
The legendary action-shooter finally comes to PC, and in style! Blast your way through mind-melting visuals and amazing beats, all in your quest through cyberspace to save a world on the verge of collapse. Playable on your desktop or in fully immersive VR.
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Peripeteia
Single-player alternative to The Netrunner Awaken1ng — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Netrunner Awaken1ng.
You are Marie, a cyborg mercenary dropped into the rot of a post-Soviet city of corruption and opportunity. Shoot, sneak, hack, climb or talk your way through alt-history cyberpunk Poland in an immersive sim where every problem has multiple solutions and every rooftop is reachable.