Single-player games like World Wide Hack
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to World Wide Hack, 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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Grey Hack
Single-player alternative to World Wide Hack — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with World Wide Hack.
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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hackmud
Single-player alternative to World Wide Hack — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with World Wide Hack.
hackmud is a retro cyberpunk RPG where you play a digital persona in a chaotic, unpredictable, and often goofy abandoned internet. Enter a 90s hacker movie filled with scripts, scams, and sabotage. Explore the world of digital secrets and forge your legacy through cunning, creativity, or disruption.
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Uplink
Single-player alternative to World Wide Hack — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with World Wide Hack.
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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Hacknet
Single-player alternative to World Wide Hack — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with World Wide Hack.
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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Quadrilateral Cowboy
Single-player alternative to World Wide Hack — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with World Wide Hack.
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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Hacker Simulator
Single-player alternative to World Wide Hack — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with World Wide Hack.
Become a hacker and build your online reputation to the top. Complete contracts, buy new programs, upgrade your computer, crack wifi networks and infiltrate peoples or companies online systems.
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Midnight Protocol
Single-player alternative to World Wide Hack — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with World Wide Hack.
Midnight Protocol is a tactical narrative-driven RPG with unique keyboard-only controls. Hack into servers, beat security systems and discover encrypted secrets while you try to find answers to why and how you got doxxed.
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Anonymous Hacker Simulator
Single-player alternative to World Wide Hack — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with World Wide Hack.
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.