Single-player games like Hack 'n' Slash
Below are 18 single-player Steam games similar to Hack 'n' Slash, 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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Quadrilateral Cowboy
Single-player alternative to Hack 'n' Slash — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hack 'n' Slash.
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 Hack 'n' Slash — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Hack 'n' Slash.
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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hackmud
Single-player alternative to Hack 'n' Slash — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Hack 'n' Slash.
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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Mages of Mystralia
Single-player alternative to Hack 'n' Slash — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hack 'n' Slash.
In a world of magic, your mind is your greatest weapon. Learn the ways of magic and design your own spells to fight enemies, navigate treacherous terrain, and right past wrongs in the kingdom of Mystralia.
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Midnight Protocol
Single-player alternative to Hack 'n' Slash — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hack 'n' Slash.
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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Else Heart.Break()
Single-player alternative to Hack 'n' Slash — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hack 'n' Slash.
A game about friendship, love and technology in a place where bits have replaced atoms.
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Hacknet
Single-player alternative to Hack 'n' Slash — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Hack 'n' Slash.
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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Din's Curse
Single-player alternative to Hack 'n' Slash — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Hack 'n' Slash.
Din, champion of the gods, has cursed you into a second life of service because you selfishly squandered your first one while causing misfortune to those around you.
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Human Resource Machine
Single-player alternative to Hack 'n' Slash — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Hack 'n' Slash.
Program little office workers to solve puzzles. Be a good employee! The machines are coming... for your job. From the creators of World of Goo and Little Inferno.
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The Legend of Zuri
Single-player alternative to Hack 'n' Slash — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Hack 'n' Slash.
The Legend of Zuri is a "pick a path" style raunchy adventure with over 180 CG images. Will the Princess Zuri remain unsullied or will she experience something unmentionable? That depends on which paths you choose!
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Psychonauts
Single-player alternative to Hack 'n' Slash — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
A Psychic Odyssey Through the Minds of Misfits, Monsters, and Madmen. This classic action/adventure platformer from acclaimed developers Double Fine Productions follows the story of a young psychic named Razputin.
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Psychonauts 2
Single-player alternative to Hack 'n' Slash — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Hack 'n' Slash.
Combining quirky missions and mysterious conspiracies, Psychonauts 2 is a platform-adventure game with cinematic style and tons of customizable psychic powers.
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Brutal Legend
Single-player alternative to Hack 'n' Slash — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Hack 'n' Slash.
Brütal Legend is an action-adventure that marries visceral action combat with open-world freedom. Set in a universe somewhere between Lord of the Rings and Spinal Tap, it’s a fresh take on the action/driving genre, which in this case is full of imitation cover bands, demons intent on enslaving humanity and Heavy metal tunes.
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Grim Fandango Remastered
Single-player alternative to Hack 'n' Slash — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Hack 'n' Slash.
One of the most acclaimed adventure games of all time is now back, better than ever. Grim Fandango Remastered has the all the beautiful art and engaging story fans remember, but has also been remastered to look, sound, and control even better than the award-winning original release.
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Broken Age
Single-player alternative to Hack 'n' Slash — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hack 'n' Slash.
A family friendly, hand-animated, puzzle-filled adventure game with an all-star cast, including Elijah Wood, Jack Black and Masasa Moyo. Funded by a record breaking crowdfunding campaign and designed by industry legend Tim Schafer, Broken Age is a timeless coming-of-age story.
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Day of the Tentacle Remastered
Single-player alternative to Hack 'n' Slash — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Hack 'n' Slash.
Originally released by LucasArts in 1993 as a sequel to Ron Gilbert’s ground breaking Maniac Mansion, Day of the Tentacle is back in a remastered edition that features all new hand-drawn, high resolution artwork, with remastered audio, music and sound effects.
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Spacebase DF-9
Single-player alternative to Hack 'n' Slash — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Hack 'n' Slash.
In Spacebase DF-9, you'll build a home among the stars for a motley population of humans and aliens as they go about their daily lives. Mine asteroids, discover derelicts, and deal with the tribulations of galactic resettlement in Earth's distant future.
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Costume Quest
Single-player alternative to Hack 'n' Slash — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with Hack 'n' Slash.
A Halloween adventure from Tim Schafer's Double Fine Productions.