Single-player games like Mu Complex
Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to Mu Complex, 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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Mainlining
Single-player alternative to Mu Complex — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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Quadrilateral Cowboy
Single-player alternative to Mu Complex — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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Uplink
Single-player alternative to Mu Complex — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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Hack 'n' Slash
Single-player alternative to Mu Complex — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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!
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Hackshot
Single-player alternative to Mu Complex — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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
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Extortion
Single-player alternative to Mu Complex — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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?
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HackMeNow
Single-player alternative to Mu Complex — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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Glitchspace
Single-player alternative to Mu Complex — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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Portal
Single-player alternative to Mu Complex — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
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.
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Hacknet
Single-player alternative to Mu Complex — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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NITE Team 4 - Military Hacking Division
Single-player alternative to Mu Complex — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.