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Single-player games like ByteBurst: Hacking Simulator

Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to ByteBurst: Hacking 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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    HackHub - Ultimate Hacker Simulator — Steam game cover

    HackHub - Ultimate Hacker Simulator

    Single-player alternative to ByteBurst: Hacking Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with ByteBurst: Hacking Simulator.

    Unravel cyber secrets and foil mass surveillance as a skilled hacker in Hackhub. Challenge authority, rewrite the rules, and emerge as the ultimate digital rebel.

    2026StrategyIndieSimulation11.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    HackHub: Free Trial — Steam game cover

    HackHub: Free Trial

    Single-player alternative to ByteBurst: Hacking Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with ByteBurst: Hacking Simulator.

    Unravel cyber secrets and foil mass surveillance as a skilled hacker in HackHub. Challenge authority, rewrite the rules, and emerge as the ultimate digital rebel.

    2024StrategySimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Hacknet — Steam game cover

    Hacknet

    Single-player alternative to ByteBurst: Hacking Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with ByteBurst: Hacking 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.

    2015IndieSimulation9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Midnight Protocol — Steam game cover

    Midnight Protocol

    Single-player alternative to ByteBurst: Hacking Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with ByteBurst: Hacking Simulator.

    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.

    2021ActionStrategyIndie14.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Duskers — Steam game cover

    Duskers

    Single-player alternative to ByteBurst: Hacking Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with ByteBurst: Hacking Simulator.

    Pilot drones into derelict spaceships to find the means to survive and piece together how the universe became a giant graveyard.

    2016StrategyIndieSimulation7.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Her Story — Steam game cover

    Her Story

    Single-player alternative to ByteBurst: Hacking Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with ByteBurst: Hacking Simulator.

    A woman is interviewed seven times by the police. Search the video database and explore hundreds of authentic clips to discover her story in this groundbreaking and award winning narrative game.

    2015IndieAdventureSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Mainlining — Steam game cover

    Mainlining

    Single-player alternative to ByteBurst: Hacking Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with ByteBurst: Hacking Simulator.

    After MI7 has been hacked, your primary goal is to bring a cyber-criminal network to justice. Played entirely from your computer's desktop, Mainlining is a thrilling point and click hacking adventure that features a gripping narrative which will have you hooked from the very first case.

    2017IndieAdventureSimulation1.29 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Lacuna – A Sci-Fi Noir Adventure — Steam game cover

    Lacuna – A Sci-Fi Noir Adventure

    Single-player alternative to ByteBurst: Hacking Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with ByteBurst: Hacking Simulator.

    A murder. A hack. A bombing. All it takes to plunge the solar system into war – unless you do something about it. Help CDI agent Neil Conrad make a string of increasingly difficult decisions in this modern dialog-driven adventure set in a gorgeous 2D sci-fi noir universe.

    2021IndieAdventure15.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Pirates: Golden tits: Chapter 1 — Steam game cover

    Pirates: Golden tits: Chapter 1

    Single-player alternative to ByteBurst: Hacking Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with ByteBurst: Hacking Simulator.

    Pirates: Golden tits: Chapter 1 is an explicit pirate simulator. You get to control a young pirate captain, who has just acquired his first ship.

    2024AdventureSimulationCasual9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →