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Single-player games like Else Heart.Break()

Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to Else Heart.Break(), 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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    Beast Agenda 2030 — Steam game cover

    Beast Agenda 2030

    Single-player alternative to Else Heart.Break() — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Else Heart.Break().

    Inspired by Escape From New York, Shadowrun SNES and Genesis, Deus Ex and H.P. Lovecraft, Beast Agenda 2030 is a Stealth, Gadgets and Hacking focused Action RPG with optional permadeath that encourages you to use your brain to complete missions in procedurally generated city districts.

    2019ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Personal Rocket — Steam game cover

    Personal Rocket

    Single-player alternative to Else Heart.Break() — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Else Heart.Break().

    A point-and-click adventure about paranoia and loneliness, the evils of capitalism and too much web surfing, the material world and the occult universe. Your typical postmodern blues.

    2022IndieAdventure7.77 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    hackmud — Steam game cover

    hackmud

    Single-player alternative to Else Heart.Break() — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Else Heart.Break().

    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.

    2016IndieSimulationMassively Multiplayer18.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Quadrilateral Cowboy — Steam game cover

    Quadrilateral Cowboy

    Single-player alternative to Else Heart.Break() — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Else Heart.Break().

    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 PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Hacknet — Steam game cover

    Hacknet

    Single-player alternative to Else Heart.Break() — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Else Heart.Break().

    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 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Uplink — Steam game cover

    Uplink

    Single-player alternative to Else Heart.Break() — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Else Heart.Break().

    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 PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    World Wide Hack — Steam game cover

    World Wide Hack

    Single-player alternative to Else Heart.Break() — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Else Heart.Break().

    Reveal company secrets while hacking and exploring their quantum simulation networks. Fights for control with other players, coop with your faction, gather best tools, build most secure servers, write scripts and webs, or choose to be solo hacker who makes the right choices to change the world.

    2021IndieAdventureSimulation16.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    EXAPUNKS — Steam game cover

    EXAPUNKS

    Single-player alternative to Else Heart.Break() — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Else Heart.Break().

    The year is 1997. You used to be a hacker, but now you have the phage. You made a deal: one hack, one dose. There’s nothing left to lose… except your life.

    2018IndieSimulation19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Divinity: Original Sin (Classic) — Steam game cover

    Divinity: Original Sin (Classic)

    Single-player alternative to Else Heart.Break() — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Else Heart.Break().

    Gather your party and get ready for a new, back-to-the-roots RPG adventure! Discuss your decisions with companions; fight foes in turn-based combat; explore an open world and interact with everything and everyone you see. Join up with a friend to play online in co-op and make your own adventures with the powerful RPG toolkit.

    2014StrategyIndieAdventureDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Watch_Dogs™ — Steam game cover

    Watch_Dogs™

    Single-player alternative to Else Heart.Break() — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Else Heart.Break().

    In today's hyper-connected world, Chicago operates under ctOS, the most advanced computer network in America.

    2014ActionAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Watch Dogs®: Legion — Steam game cover

    Watch Dogs®: Legion

    Single-player alternative to Else Heart.Break() — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Else Heart.Break().

    Build a resistance as you fight to take back a near-future London facing its downfall. Welcome to the Resistance.

    2023ActionAdventure59.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →