Single-player games like System Clues
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to System Clues, 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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Hacker The Dark Shadow
Single-player alternative to System Clues — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with System Clues.
Become a young programmer diving into the dangerous world of cybercrime. When the elite hacking collective Dark Shadows challenges you with a series of ruthless trials, you must push your genius to the limit. Will you prove your worth or become another digital casualty?
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Zero Trust
Single-player alternative to System Clues — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with System Clues.
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.
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Netshell
Single-player alternative to System Clues — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with System Clues.
A 90s-themed hacking simulation with real shell commands and authentic techniques, set inside a UNIX-style operating system from 1997 with accurately recreated applications. Scan ports, exploit vulnerabilities, evade traces, join the underground, and live the Wild West era of the early internet.
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Agents! Please?
Single-player alternative to System Clues — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with System Clues.
The AI writes all the code. Confidently. Wrong. You are the last human reviewer. Interrogate the swarm, run the code, catch the lie. Fix it, or ship it anyway. Next comes a problem, a recall, a funeral, or the end of the world. Plays fully on a controller, and the code is real when you want it.
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Anonymous Hacker Simulator: Prologue
Single-player alternative to System Clues — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with System Clues.
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.
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Anonymous Hacker Simulator
Single-player alternative to System Clues — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with System Clues.
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.
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Hardwork Simulator
Single-player alternative to System Clues — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with System Clues.
A game about fooling others! (6th place Innovation Category Ludum Dare #49 Compo)
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Hacknet
Single-player alternative to System Clues — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with System Clues.
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.