Single-player games like Hack Run ZERO
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Hack Run ZERO, 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
Single-player alternative to Hack Run ZERO — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Adventure with Hack Run ZERO.
Ever wanted to be a hacker? Hack your way into the heart of a mysterious organization to uncover their secrets. Hack RUN® is a game which uses 'old school' command prompts (like DOS or UNIX) that simulate a real operating system. Learn the commands of each system to help you navigate through your adventure.
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Hacker Evolution: Untold
Single-player alternative to Hack Run ZERO — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Hack Run ZERO.
When the number of computers in existence and their processing capacity exceeds that of all mankind, a point of technological singularity is encountered. A massive economic and systematic crisis hits the entire world. Nobody knows the exact cause, and all solutions to fix it, are failing.
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Uplink
Single-player alternative to Hack Run ZERO — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Hack Run ZERO.
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 ZERO — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Hack Run ZERO.
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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Cyber Attack
Single-player alternative to Hack Run ZERO — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Hack Run ZERO.
Take control of an elite global team of hackers, intercepting communications between corporations, governments, and criminals all around the world. You can protect humanity by exposing messages between dangerous individuals or exploit corporations to increase your fortune. The choice is yours.
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Duskers
Single-player alternative to Hack Run ZERO — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Hack Run ZERO.
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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Mainlining
Single-player alternative to Hack Run ZERO — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hack Run ZERO.
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 Hack Run ZERO — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hack Run ZERO.
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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Hacker Evolution
Single-player alternative to Hack Run ZERO — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Hack Run ZERO.
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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Hack Time
Single-player alternative to Hack Run ZERO — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Adventure with Hack Run ZERO.
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.