Single-player games like Hacknet
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to Hacknet, 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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Anonymous Hacker Simulator
Single-player alternative to Hacknet — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Hacknet.
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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Hacker Simulator
Single-player alternative to Hacknet — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Hacknet.
Become a hacker and build your online reputation to the top. Complete contracts, buy new programs, upgrade your computer, crack wifi networks and infiltrate peoples or companies online systems.
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Grey Hack
Single-player alternative to Hacknet — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Hacknet.
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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Midnight Protocol
Single-player alternative to Hacknet — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Hacknet.
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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HackHub - Ultimate Hacker Simulator
Single-player alternative to Hacknet — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Hacknet.
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.
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Uplink
Single-player alternative to Hacknet — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Hacknet.
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 Hacknet — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Hacknet.
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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Cyber Manhunt
Single-player alternative to Hacknet — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Hacknet.
Cyber Manhunt is a story-oriented puzzle game focusing on big data, hacking, citizen privacy, and social workers. It focuses on social issues such as cyber violence and privacy breaches.
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DROP - System Breach
Single-player alternative to Hacknet — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Hacknet.
Welcome to DROP, a fast-paced action-strategy hacking simulator. Ready to hack your way to fame and fortune while avoiding getting caught? Use stealth and cunning to maneuver between the ongoing power struggle of corporations and factions to control the fragmented networks in the city.
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Bitburner
Single-player alternative to Hacknet — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Bitburner is a programming-based incremental game. Write scripts in JavaScript to automate gameplay, learn skills, play minigames, solve puzzles, and more in this cyberpunk text-based incremental RPG.
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Duskers
Single-player alternative to Hacknet — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Hacknet.
Pilot drones into derelict spaceships to find the means to survive and piece together how the universe became a giant graveyard.
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Mu Complex
Single-player alternative to Hacknet — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Hacknet.
Play as a hacker and take control of an ultra secret company to reveal the darkest secrets. But beware , you seem not to be alone and what you will discover could change the world ...
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Quadrilateral Cowboy
Single-player alternative to Hacknet — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Hacknet.
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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Hack 'n' Slash
Single-player alternative to Hacknet — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Hacknet.
Hack ‘n’ Slash is a puzzle action game about hacking -- reprogram object properties, hijack global variables, hack creature behavior, and even rewrite the game’s code. The only way to win is not to play...by the rules!
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Hacker Evolution
Single-player alternative to Hacknet — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Hacknet.
Hacker Evolution is a hacking simulation game, featuring unparalleled graphics and features. You play the role of a former intelligence agent, specializing in computer security. When a chain of events sets off worldwide, leaving critical service disabled, you assume the role a computer hacker to find out what happened and attempt to stop...
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Wrestledunk Sports
Single-player alternative to Hacknet — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Hacknet.
Wrestledunk is an explosive, colorful collection of super competitive multiplayer sports games! Face off online or locally with up to 8 players. Get into it!