Single-player games like Bitburner
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Bitburner, 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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Remain At Your Desk
Single-player alternative to Bitburner — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
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.
- 2
The Farmer Was Replaced
Single-player alternative to Bitburner — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Program and optimize a drone to automate a farm and watch it do the work for you. Collect resources to unlock better technology and become the most efficient farmer in the world. Improve your problem solving and coding skills.
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Grey Hack
Single-player alternative to Bitburner — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
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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The Signal State
Single-player alternative to Bitburner — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Set in a post-apocalyptic future, The Signal State puts your logic skills to the test with complex puzzles inspired by modular synthesizers. Repair machines, rebuild an abandoned farm, and be part of a revolution that will change the fate of agriculture once and for all.
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SHENZHEN I/O
Single-player alternative to Bitburner — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
BUILD CIRCUITS. WRITE CODE. RTFM.
- 6
Virtual Circuit Board
Single-player alternative to Bitburner — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Virtual Circuit Board is the sandbox drawing-based logic simulator where you can build, program, decorate, and simulate anything from simple monochrome circuits to complex and colorful computers. Play with digital logic in this sandbox-only experience.
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Comet 64
Single-player alternative to Bitburner — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Comet 64 is a programming puzzle game. The year is 1984. All you got is a Comet 64 home computer and the operator's manual it came with.
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Quantum Odyssey
Single-player alternative to Bitburner — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Master the most counter-intuitive logic in existence. Created by the researchers who defined Quantum Literacy, Quantum Odyssey is an open-ended puzzle game where you craft real quantum algorithms. Optimize 500+ challenges, hack other players, and gain insights textbooks can’t provide.