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Single-player games like Dataminers

Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Dataminers, 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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    Anonymized — Steam game cover

    Anonymized

    Single-player alternative to Dataminers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Dataminers.

    Play as a digital rat and hack your way into the retro-futuristic grid-based movement puzzle world of Anonymized, where you shift hues and dive layers deep in search of the one true Source Cheese.

    IndieCasualSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Absorber: Absorb Adapt Survive — Steam game cover

    Absorber: Absorb Adapt Survive

    Single-player alternative to Dataminers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dataminers.

    Hijack enemy processes. Steal their kits. A tactical roguelike on a 7×7 grid where every enemy is carrying something you can take lifesteal, defense, entire ability kits. Build from 250+ programs. The system adapts to hunt you. Permadeath. No negotiations.

    2026StrategyIndieSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Inearth — Steam game cover

    Inearth

    Single-player alternative to Dataminers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dataminers.

    A tactical turn-based roguelite with environmental interactions, spellcrafting, and deckbuilding. Descend into the Hollow Earth. As above, so below.

    2026StrategyIndieSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Zero Trust — Steam game cover

    Zero Trust

    Single-player alternative to Dataminers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Dataminers.

    An action hacking simulator set in a fully simulated world. Choose your path, craft your own tools, exploit vulnerabilities, and build your reputation. Every company, hacker, and law enforcement agency operates independently — nothing happens by chance. Every playthrough is unique.

    2026ActionIndieSimulationSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Cybergrid Runner — Steam game cover

    Cybergrid Runner

    Single-player alternative to Dataminers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dataminers.

    This is a turn based stealth game set in a cyber city. Help the hacker infiltrate the system by sliding the 5x5 tile system. Avoid detection, collect powerful implant upgrades and weapons. Brace yourself for endlessly thrilling playthroughs, as each session unveils procedurally generated labyrinth.

    2024StrategyIndieAdventure4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    GRID_HACKER — Steam game cover

    GRID_HACKER

    Single-player alternative to Dataminers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Dataminers.

    Guide your signal to the target while hacking into the grid puzzle network. Craft your own challenges in the level editor to share with friends.

    IndieCasualSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Netspectre — Steam game cover

    Netspectre

    Single-player alternative to Dataminers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Dataminers.

    Infiltrate corporate networks, conspire with contacts in boutique bars, then change the world forever by making the one final, impossible run. Become a true Netspectre, an elite hacker-for-hire, in this cyberpunk hacker roguelike.

    IndieRPGSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Shorted — Steam game cover

    Shorted

    Single-player alternative to Dataminers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dataminers.

    SHORTED is a puzzle roguelike deckbuilder about tracing same-color Packets into scoring shapes. Tune your deck, combine rule-bending Patches, and break through six hostile Firewalls.

    2026StrategyIndieSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Plague Doctor of Wippra — Steam game cover

    The Plague Doctor of Wippra

    Single-player alternative to Dataminers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Dataminers.

    The plague spreads agony and fear in the small town of Wippra. As a plague doctor, you bring healing and relief wherever you can. But ignorance, superstition, and religious zeal make for a deadly threat in this retro medieval medical adventure!

    2022IndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Runic Rampage - Action RPG — Steam game cover

    Runic Rampage - Action RPG

    Single-player alternative to Dataminers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Dataminers.

    Play as a raging dwarf and crush your enemies with mighty hammer strikes! Runic Rampage features brutal melee combat, badass bosses and a challenging hunt for the fragments of a legendary rune stone.

    2017ActionIndieAdventure6.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →