Single-player games like Hack RUN
Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to Hack RUN, 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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Hack Run ZERO
Single-player alternative to Hack RUN — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Adventure with Hack RUN.
It's time for a SECOND Hack Run! Test your skills again as you hack your way through strange and secretive organizations to discover their hidden agendas! Hack Run ZERO uses old school prompts (like dos and unix) to help you navigate from system to system.
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HackMeNow
Single-player alternative to Hack RUN — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Adventure with Hack RUN.
A terminal-style hacking puzzle game where every command matters. Investigate logs, decode secrets, avoid traps, and uncover the rogue system watching from behind the screen.
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Sorry, James
Single-player alternative to Hack RUN — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Adventure with Hack RUN.
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Ghostpunk
Single-player alternative to Hack RUN — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Adventure with Hack RUN.
Investigate paranormal cases using a 1990s CRT terminal. Analyze photos. Decode audio. Interrogate suspects and decide what’s real, what’s fake and who’s lying. But the deeper you go, the more the system starts watching you back.
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CaseCracker
Single-player alternative to Hack RUN — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Adventure with Hack RUN.
In order to improve the efficiency of selecting talents, the Chicheng police specially developed a test system-the true detection system, with the black robe company. As a tester, you need to complete the cracking of the case under the rules of the system.
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Hack Time
Single-player alternative to Hack RUN — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Adventure with Hack RUN.
Once again, your mission is to penetrate a strange organization’s infrastructure to discover their secrets. Your employer needs help discovering who is out to get her and she only trusts you to take on this perilous mission. Hack Time uses old-school prompts (like DOS and UNIX) to access virtual programs and systems.
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Hacker Evolution
Single-player alternative to Hack RUN — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Hack RUN.
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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Grey Hack
Single-player alternative to Hack RUN — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Hack RUN.
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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The Black Watchmen
Single-player alternative to Hack RUN — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Hack RUN.
Become a Secret Agent and investigate paranormal activities in this dark Lovecraftian universe. This Alternate Reality Game will have you explore complex puzzles in-game but also in real-life; interacting with real websites, companies, and NPCs that we created as part of our universe.
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Uplink
Single-player alternative to Hack RUN — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Hack RUN.
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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Hacknet
Single-player alternative to Hack RUN — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Hack RUN.
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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Zork Nemesis: The Forbidden Lands
Single-player alternative to Hack RUN — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Hack RUN.
Travel through five mind-bending worlds to discover the ancient secret of Alchemy that will free the trapped souls from evil’s grip…Do you dare enter the Forbidden Lands?