Single-player games like Hacker Simulator
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Hacker Simulator, 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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Anonymous Hacker Simulator
Single-player alternative to Hacker Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Hacker Simulator.
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 Hacker Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Hacker Simulator.
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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Grey Hack
Single-player alternative to Hacker Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Hacker Simulator.
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.
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CHAQS
Single-player alternative to Hacker Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Hacker Simulator.
CHAQS is an instructive CTF (Capture The Flag) game that performs the basic functions of an operating system. While it meets your expectations from an operating system to a certain extent with the applications it contains, CHAQS progresses in the direction of more challenges in terms of gameplay.
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HELLO HACKER - Project Daybreak
Single-player alternative to Hacker Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Hacker Simulator.
A story-rich hacking sim played inside a real Linux desktop. Recon networks, break web apps, crack crypto, and extract hidden data with tools that behave like the real thing, while an autonomous AI watches the network, learns, and hacks back. The commands are real. So are the consequences.
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Blackdoor
Single-player alternative to Hacker Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Hacker Simulator.
You're a hacker with a terminal and four terrible scripts. 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. Better code = better hacker.
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Netshell
Single-player alternative to Hacker Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Hacker Simulator.
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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Hacker The Dark Shadow
Single-player alternative to Hacker Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Hacker Simulator.
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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Thief
Single-player alternative to Hacker Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Garrett, the Master Thief, steps out of the shadows into the City. In this treacherous place, where the Baron’s Watch spreads a rising tide of fear and oppression, his skills are the only things he can trust. Even the most cautious citizens and their best-guarded possessions are not safe from his reach.