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Games like Mu Complex

If Mu Complex is your kind of game, the closest matches are Mainlining, Quadrilateral Cowboy and Uplink — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, contemplative and immersive. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.

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About Mu Complex: 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 ...

2015IndieAdventure8.99 USDDeck PlayableWindows · macOS · Linuxby studiocime
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Blends retro tech aesthetics with modern puzzle designFeel like a hacker by using real linux commandsHidden clues visible only under blacklight or thermal imagingAtmosphericContemplativeImmersive

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Steam players who put hours into Mu Complex also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.

  1. Mainlining

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Mu Complex.

    Top pick for Mu Complex fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mu Complex.

    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 USDSteam ↗
  2. Quadrilateral Cowboy

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Mu Complex.

    Second-strongest match for Mu Complex fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mu Complex.

    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.

    2016ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Uplink

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Mu Complex.

    Third-strongest match for Mu Complex fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Mu Complex.

    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.

    2006StrategyIndie11.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Hack 'n' Slash

    WHY THIS

    Shares a mysterious mood with Mu Complex.

    Ranked #4 for Mu Complex fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mu Complex.

    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!

    2014IndieAdventureCasual13.37 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Hackshot

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Mu Complex fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mu Complex.

    The most deviously STYLISH Strategy game ever ... Shoot to Hack; ... Optimize and Combo to rise; ... as a HACKER

    2024IndieAdventureSimulation11.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Extortion

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Mu Complex fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Mu Complex.

    You're a computer engineer with a terrible secret. Someone is blackmailing you and now, you have to hack some servers and get secret files for him. Would you succeed in achieving their missions or would you find them and revenge?

    2020IndieSimulation4.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. HackMeNow

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Mu Complex fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mu Complex.

    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.

    StrategyIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  8. Glitchspace

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Mu Complex.

    Ranked #8 for Mu Complex fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mu Complex.

    Glitchspace is about reprogramming the game to solve puzzles. Trapped in an abstract cyberspace world, your way forward uses visual programming to edit environmental geometry, whilst unlocking key programming concepts along the way.

    2016IndieAdventureFreeSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Mu Complex

Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.

  1. Uplink

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Mu Complex.

    Reviewers of Mu Complex cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Mu Complex.

    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.

    2006StrategyIndie11.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Portal

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with Mu Complex.

    Reviewers of Mu Complex cross-mention this title as a similar play.

    Portal™ is a new single player game from Valve. Set in the mysterious Aperture Science Laboratories, Portal has been called one of the most innovative new games on the horizon and will offer gamers hours of unique gameplay.

    2007Action9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Hacknet

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Mu Complex.

    Reviewers of Mu Complex cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Mu Complex.

    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 USDSteam ↗
  4. NITE Team 4 - Military Hacking Division

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Mu Complex.

    Reviewers of Mu Complex cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mu Complex.

    NITE Team 4 is a military hacking simulation game that explores the world of cyberwarfare and features realistic mission scenarios.

    2019StrategyIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Mu Complex at current Steam store prices.

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~44% under Mu Complex on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Mu Complex.

    Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~44% under Mu Complex on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Mu Complex.

    Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~44% under Mu Complex on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Mu Complex.

    An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~44% under Mu Complex on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Mu Complex.

    WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~89% under Mu Complex on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mu Complex.

    Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Mu Complex on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Mu Complex.

    Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Brotato

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~44% under Mu Complex on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Mu Complex.

    Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.

    2023ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Your Only Move Is HUSTLE

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~44% under Mu Complex on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Mu Complex.

    Master your technique, execute flashy combos, and outsmart opponents across the world, frame-by-frame. Slow down the clock to fine-tune your fighting style in this innovative, turn-based combat simulator. Pulverize your friends and choreograph spectacular fight scenes. No training mode required.

    2023ActionStrategyIndie4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Beneath a Steel Sky (1994)

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mu Complex.

    After being abducted by brutal soldiers and his kinfolk butchered, Robert Foster finds himself in Union City - a vast metropolis under the tyranny of a fascist AI. Alone, save for the circuit board of his best friend, Foster must discover the sinister truth - and why they specifically came for him.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. ABI-DOS

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Mu Complex.

    Build the most advanced operating system ever created! Can you master the fictional simulation language of this mind-bending machine? Design circuits, automate UBITS (coloured mobile data blocks), and optimize your system. The Admin is always watching, and he’s not what he seems.

    2024StrategyIndieSimulationFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. EmuDevz

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Mu Complex.

    A game about building emulators! Implement your own NEEES core in JavaScript, get instant feedback with unit/video tests, build the graphics unit in real time, learn 6502 assembly, debug test ROMs, and have fun with the included homebrew games!

    2026IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  4. Republique

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mu Complex.

    Help a woman named Hope escape in a thrilling and topical stealth-action game that explores the perils of government surveillance in the Internet Age.

    2015ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Glitchspace

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Mu Complex.

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mu Complex.

    Glitchspace is about reprogramming the game to solve puzzles. Trapped in an abstract cyberspace world, your way forward uses visual programming to edit environmental geometry, whilst unlocking key programming concepts along the way.

    2016IndieAdventureFreeSteam ↗
  6. Rendezvous: Shadows of the Past

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mu Complex.

    He can't escape the memories that haunt him, and soon Setyo realizes he must return to Neo-Surabaya to save what's left of his family. Experience the upheaval of Setyo's mundane life in Bay City in this action-adventure prologue to Rendezvous.

    2022IndieAdventureFreeSteam ↗
  7. The Pest

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mu Complex.

    Solve challenging puzzles and avoid dangerous traps of the computer defence system in this puzzle-platformer game about a tiny optimistic computer pest heading to the System's Core. Will he plunge our world into chaos, or will he have mercy? It's up to you.

    2022ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Mu Complex

Does Mu Complex run on Steam Deck?
Mu Complex is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
How much does Mu Complex cost?
Mu Complex is listed on Steam at 8.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Mu Complex?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Mu Complex are Mainlining, Quadrilateral Cowboy, Uplink.
Who developed Mu Complex?
Mu Complex was developed by studiocime.

imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Mu Complex.

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